What Of Harddrive Do You Prefer?

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u like SSD?On board is bad i think

 

Why? And please be specific by what you mean by SSD on board.

 

If you buy a cheap laptop or micro system, sometimes the RAM or SSD are integrated and hence cannot be upgraded or replaced...um, that's bad, okay.
My issue with SSDs, when they die, they dead. With a spinney drive you might get a warning in the form of a sound from the mechanics of the drive.
If you are gaming, or other spped intensive tasks go SSD, but frequent back ups are a must. Putting data in "cold storage" - mechanical drives all the way.

 

Well as regards SSD's (SATA), I usually go for Samsung but have stayed clear of the 870 EVO range, at least for now, due to defective firmware. However, I understand from some forums that this issue has now been addressed with the updated firmware.

A major issues with SSD's unfortunately so best to have great monitoring HDD software. On my desktop using a 1TB Samsung PRO (as boot drive), I use Hard Disk Sentinel and HD Tune Pro to monitor all my drives. These two programs are not free but well worth it to stay on top of things........

Also as foogoo says, for data storage SSDs are not to be used and newer laptops these days have ram, cpu all soldered in so cannot be fixed easily.....

 

IMO, frequent backups are a must regardless the storage medium.

The facts are, Five years of data show that SSDs are more reliable than HDDs over the long haul.

But as foogoo noted, they rarely give notice of impending doom. But hard drives don't always either.

Plus, drive failure is not always the cause of data loss. User error might accidently erase or format the drive. Fire, flood, or Mother Nature tossing a direct lightning bolt at your home could destroy the drive. Malware could corrupt a drive. A thief could break into your home and steal the drive.

As for on-board, there is nothing to suggest it offers inferior performance or longevity just because it is surface mounted instead of in a socket. It most likely cannot be upgraded, but that does not mean one cannot be added to the system.

That said, we really need the OP to return to clarify his question.

 

i left off word type,,,
What type Of Harddrive Do You Prefer? is what i meant..

lets say i bought a new machine -what type would an honest good salesperson recommend?

this Lenovo im on has a solid state-i can pull it out ,but are there other types it takes?

its an old T430 LAPTOP

I SHOULD GET BACK TO A DESKTOP MAYBE

then theres idea with Linux isnt it true a Linux filled drive can be put in any computer if it fits?

so Microsoft windows is annoying i think

 

Manufacturers? Western Digital or Seagate... you go look at BackBlaze and see how they rank drives from manufactures, might be of some insight.
Linux has nothing to do with the hard drive that can fit in the computer. Linux can be installed on any kind of storage media - mechanical or solid state, IDE, SATA, M.2 if the computer has the connector.
You can overwrite your current Windows with Linux if you like.