{"id":29010,"date":"2024-09-08T09:15:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T13:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=29010"},"modified":"2024-09-10T07:44:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T11:44:32","slug":"do-you-have-a-standard-hard-drive-hdd-or-a-solid-state-drive-ssd-heres-how-to-find-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/do-you-have-a-standard-hard-drive-hdd-or-a-solid-state-drive-ssd-heres-how-to-find-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have a\u00a0 Standard Hard Drive (HDD) or a Solid State Drive (SSD)? Here’s How to Find Out."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do You Have a\u00a0 Standard Hard Drive (HDD) or a Solid State Drive (SSD)? Here’s How to Find Out.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether you’re using Windows 10 or Windows 11, here is an easy way to find out if you have a standard hard drive (HDD), a solid-state hard drive (SSD), or maybe both.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to find out if you have an HDD (Standard Hard Drive) or a SSD (Solid State Hard Drive)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Right-click on the Windows Start button. Click \u201cRun” (or press (Windows key + R). In the Run box which appears type dfrgui<\/strong><\/span> a<\/span>nd press Enter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Look under \u201cMedia type\u201d. Standard hard drives (HHDs) show up as \u201cHard disk” drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs) show up as “Solid state” drives.
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And what the heck does Retrim mean?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have a sharp eye, you saw on the last screenshot “3 days since last Retrim” In case you’re wondering what that means…<\/span><\/p>\n

Retrim is often used interchangeably with TRIM when referring to solid-state drives (SSDs).<\/span><\/p>\n

TRIM is a command that informs the SSD which data blocks are no longer in use.<\/span><\/p>\n

This allows the SSD to efficiently manage its internal storage by marking these blocks as available for reuse. This process helps maintain the optimal performance and longevity of the SSD.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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