Hard Drives vs SSD (Solid State Drive)

Many computers have a traditional hard drive with a disk on a platter and a reader arm extended over the disk while it is in motion. Over the years new technology has stepped up to the plate and have conquered the predecessors. This new technology can include the invention of the
Solid-State Drive which has revolutionized the way data is stored.

Durability:

-Hard drives physically have a disk that is spinning at high-speeds right under a reader arm, as was mentioned before. So, after many uses the disk and reader arm wear out. Plus, if it falls onto the floor in a computer or laptop just hope that you have already backed-up your files. 

-Solid state drives do not have any moving parts at all. The only thing that is moving are the electrons that flow through the circuitry. This is an advantage because physically if there are no moving parts that means an SSD can withstand much more impacts. An SSD would last longer because instead of using a disk and a reader-arm that can wear out over time, SSD's utilize flash memory.

Performance:

-Hard drives are set by disk speed and so the faster the disk spins, the more quicker data can be read and transferred. Many times after a computer wakes up from sleep mode the hard drives needs to spool up to a certain speed and so this lag can temporarily decrease performance.

-Solid state drives use flash memory and so have the fastest data transfer times than any other hard drive. There is absolutely no spool up time and so computers can boot up quicker and resume from sleep at a staggering speeds. For visual proof there are many YouTube videos that reveal the speed of SSD's. 

How Do I Install An SSD?

-Well, the first thing you can do is visit www.crucial.com where you will find a neat little tool that will show you if your computer/laptop is compatible with an SSD. If your computer/laptop is compatible then Crucial will show you a list of options of what capacity SSD's do you really need. Maybe 60, 120, 256, or even 500 gigabytes of storage.