A new report says that OEMs have said that Microsoft is pushing OEMs to not support HDDs as the primary storage device in pre-built Windows 11 PCs, using much faster SSDs in their place. Microsoft has ...

Many pre-built PCs of today consider the hard disk drive (HDD) as a major component, often as primary storage. But Microsoft is seeking to change that as it pushes for solid-state drives (SSDs) among ...

Just merely on a general consumer level, there are many excellent reasons why you should install your Windows operating system on a solid state drive (SSD). Not only are they, generally speaking, ...

Choosing between a hard drive and a solid-state drive was once a pretty tricky decision. Mainly because SSDs were hugely expensive and didn’t offer that much storage capacity. However, thanks to ...

In 2025, the choice of storage—HDD, SSD, or RAID—is critical to data security, performance, and uptime. SSDs provide quicker speed, cooler, quieter operation, and faster rebuilds in RAID ...

Forward-looking: Do you still use an HDD as the primary boot drive for your PC? While there are some exceptions, most people today prefer a much speedier SSD for booting into the OS, which could be a ...