How to determine whether a hard drive is a solid state or a mechanical hard drive in Win10

Want to determine whether a solid-state drive or a mechanical hard drive is used in a Windows 10 computer? It's very simple! If you want to know the answer, please continue reading this article. PHP editor Xigua will guide you step by step to open the task manager, find the performance tab, and check your disk information. Knowing your hard drive type is crucial to ensuring optimal system performance and file storage, so don't miss out on these valuable insights.

How to determine whether a hard drive is a solid state or a mechanical hard drive in Win10?

Method 1

1. Taking Win10 system as an example, right-click on the blank space of the taskbar, and select Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) from the menu item that opens.

2. In the Task Manager window, switch to the Performance tab.

3. On the left, you can select the disk you want to view. If it is a dual hard drive, disk 0 and disk 1 will be displayed. If the type is SSD, it is solid state drive. If it is HDD, For mechanical hard drive.

Method 2

1. Right-click the disk drive letter you want to view, and in the menu item that opens, Select properties.

2. In the disk properties window, switch to the Tools tab.

3. Click Optimize under Optimize and Defragment the Drive (optimizing your computer’s drive can help it run more efficiently).

4. Optimize the drive window. In the media type, you can see whether the hard drive is solid state or mechanical.

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