What's the difference between SSD and HDD storage

An HDD is a spinning mechanical drive like a record player. It's slower. An SSD has no moving parts and stores data on chips like a large USB stick. It's much faster. SSDs make your computer feel brand new.

An HDD reads data from spinning magnetic platters using a mechanical arm. Picture a record player. An SSD stores data on electronic chips with no moving parts. Like a huge USB stick. SSDs are 5-10 times faster in real use, more reliable, quieter, and use less power. They cost a bit more per gigabyte but are now standard in all new computers.