W hile many components in my PC have changed over the past five years -- such as the motherboard, CPU, GPU, and RAM -- one thing has stayed the same: my 2TB NVMe SSD boot drive. Unlike CPUs and GPUs, which tend to be upgraded more often, storage devices like SSDs usually last much longer than most other PC parts.

If you are building a network attached storage system or purchasing one off-the-shelf and need to equip it with storage drives you might be considering SSD vs HDD. What the differences are between solid-state drive (SSD) and hard disk drive (HDD) when used ...

If you find yourself in the enviable position of getting new hardware for your gaming PC, it's worth taking the time to make sure you’re getting components that are going to serve you well. When it comes to storage, there are two choices; SSD and HDD.

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D printers, networking/storage devices, and also wrote about ...

One hot topic in storage right now is "paired storage," or the combined use of an HDD (hard disk drive) and SSD (solid-state drive), aka a flash drive. A third-party upgrade kit lets owners of the MacBook Pro give this advanced storage architecture a spin.

Bottom line: In addition to the quarterly reports on HDD failure rates published by Backblaze, the cloud backup and storage company has now added SSD boot drives to its data starting with Q1 2021. As Backblaze notes, these drives are fairly recent compared ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Marvell showed off a hybrid storage controller that allows users to combine solid-state drives with hard disk ...

Patrick Couzens asked about using both a solid state drive (SSD) and a hard disk drive (HDD) in the same computer. I think this is an excellent idea. It gives you most of the speed advantages of an SSD without the constricted space. Because it has no ...

If your Cloned SSD or HDD won’t boot the Windows 11/10 operating system on your computer, you can try our recommended solutions below in no particular order and see if that helps to resolve the issue. The first troubleshooting you can try to fix the ...