The boot drive is the most fundamental of all the drives your PC may use, as it contains the operating system. Whether it's a hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD), it has everything ...

Need a new external backup drive or more internal storage for a laptop or desktop? This guide can help you make the best choice.

Microsoft has plans to do this by 2023, so we should expect the world of all-SSD PCs of the future by next year.

Boot your PC with the USB drive as the primary storage, select the SSD when prompted, and follow the instructions on-screen. Is it OK to use SSD and HDD together?

A newer PCIe Gen 4 SSD, such as Samsung's 980 Pro, pushes 7,000 MB/s. For context, a 7200-rpm SATA HDD like the Seagate Barracuda manages around 200 MB/s.

Sources from within the OEM computer industry have reported that Microsoft may be planning to end HDD boot drive support by as early as next year!

There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).

Anyone got a good guide for moving Win10 install to a new SSD drive? Difficulty: I have an Intel "Optane" 60GB SSD that is set up as some sort of RAM-Drive like deal and am not sure exactly how ...

While there are some exceptions, most people today prefer a much speedier SSD for booting into the OS, which could be a good thing as Microsoft reportedly wants to kill off HDD boot drives entirely.