What does a solid-state drives do?

SSDs or HDDs work with the system's memory and processors to access and use data. Solid state drives use different technologies from traditional hard drives, enabling SSDs to access data faster, thereby improving computer performance. These data include operating systems, games, images or music.

For example, if you want to access data in a spreadsheet and perform some basic editing, the following are the operations behind the scenes:

1. Programs and files are stored on your storage drive. In this case, the spreadsheet to access.

2. When you request to open a spreadsheet, the computer's processor transfers program data from the storage drive to RAM for short-term access and use. Because SSDs have an almost instantaneous data transfer speed, they speed up the data transfer process, that is, the time required to load programs and files.

3. The processor then accesses the data in memory, which acts as a library of available workspace for the computer. Then use memory to "run" the program. Learn more about the difference between memory and storage.

In addition to being faster, SSDs are more durable because they have no moving parts that could be damaged or worn, especially when moving.Furthermore, they use less energy and save battery life.

Installing SSDs is one of the easiest ways to change almost all aspects of system performance, making the slow loading time a thing of the past.