Surely we ever wanted to know what kind of hard disk do we have in our PC or if we have more than one, either HDD or SSD.
There are many advantages to knowing what type of hard drive we have if we want to see the brand and model, the storage capacity, improve its performance, durability, etc. Next, we show you how to know what hard disk we have in our team.
Currently, there are two types hard disk: HDD y SSD. In general terms, the main differences between both discs are the following:
A solid state drive, or SSD, is a storage device that uses flash memory to store files and data. That is, it is fully electronic and it works with memory chips where data is stored. These drives are more expensive than HDDs, but more efficient and faster.
An HDD or mechanical hard drive They have been the standard form of data storage for many years but have given way to SSDs. HDDs are cheaper compared to SSDs, but also older and slower.
How to know if we have an SSD or an HDD with Windows tools
Therefore, we will focus on SSD hard drives, which are those used by current computers. But, if we want to know if we have an HDD or SSD in our PC, we must follow the following steps:
- Select the button Windows Start from the bottom left.
- Write "Optimize units”And click on the Windows tool.
- Here we will find all the hard drives installed in our computer, as well as the type and other aspects.
How to find the brand and model of the hard drive in Windows
To find the make and model of the hard drive, we can follow two methods.
- We will have to access the Windows Task Manager, click on the tab Performance and select our hard disk (Disk 0, 1, 2, 3…). In the upper right part we will see the name of the model.
- Open the Windows Device Manager and unfold the section Disk Drives. Here we will see all the hard drives that we have on the computer. Then we right click and select Properties to see the information.
If we want to go further and get more detailed information of our hard drives in Windows or MacOS, be it rotation speed, storage capacity, performance, etc. keep reading.
Additional and specialized information about our Windows hard drive (SSD or HDD)
To obtain more information about our hard drives in Windows, we must use one of the following tools: CrystalDiskInfo o Pyriform Speccy.
CrystalDiskInfo
CrystalDiskInfo it's a program price quotation and without installation that will allow us to see, among other things, the following information about your hard drive:
- Type of hard drive we have
- Read and write speed
- Your performance
- The current temperature of the unit
- The hours it has been in operation
- Number of ignitions
- Amount of data written to an SSD
It will also provide us with very valuable information about his health using colored indicators. If the health status appears in yellow, we will have to go looking for a replacement for the hard disk, if it appears in Red, the disk is about to fail.
How does CrystalDiskInfo work?
Once the tool is run CrystalDiskInfo, we will have to look at the information that it shows us to obtain more details about our hard disk. For example, in the parameter “Rotation Rate” or rotation speed, which It will tell us if the disk is an SSD or if it is a HDD (If it is an HDD, it will show us how many revolutions per minute or RPM our hard disk is spinning).
Aspect to highlight: the rotation speed or rotation rate is an aspect that will indicate the speed of reading / writing of the disk, so according to it, it will notify us if a disk is risk of data loss.
Pyriform Speccy
On the other hand, and as an alternative, we have the tool Pyriform Speccy. This tool can be downloaded completely free from its official website. The software offers us many possibilities, since it informs us about the characteristics of many of the components of our PC.
Like the previous tool, it also informs us about the status of the unit and its parameters. Us It will show all hard drives that are connected to our computer and followed by specialized information.
How to know the type of hard drive in MacOS
If we are Mac OS users and we want to see the hard disk model we have, we must follow these steps:
- About this Mac.
- System report.
- Hardware > Storage.
- In "Support type"We will see the hard drive type, that is, if we have a solid state disk SSD or a magnetic HDD.
- Here we can see all kinds of additional information about the hard drive that we have on our computer.
In short, if we do not need additional and detailed information about our hard drive, the integrated Windows tools should be enough for us. But if we want to know more about our hard drive, we recommend downloading one of the two previous tools.