This means that it’s used to store data for your computer to access. including the computer’s operating system, its programs and all your files such as documents, pictures, music and videos. The larger the drive, the more you can store on it. It gets its name from the fact that it has no moving parts, hence making it “solid state‟.
However, while they fulfil the same role, SSDs and HDDs have some crucial
differences, which I’ll explain later.