How to Know If You Have an SSD or HDD Hard Drive28.07.23

What to Know
Search for defrag on Windows 10 to find hard drive details.
On macOS, Click Apple Logo > About This Mac > Storage to view the hard drive type on Mac.
SSDs are much faster than conventional hard drives.
This article teaches you how to check if you have an SSD or HDD hard drive on either a PC or Mac desktop computer or laptop.

The instructions in this article apply to computers running the Windows 10 operating system.

How Do I Know If I Have SSD or HDD Windows 10?
If you need to know whether your Windows 10 PC has a SSD or HDD for storage, there are a few different ways of finding out. Here's the quickest solution in Windows 10 to find out if your storage is SDD- or HDD-based.

There are some key differences between SSD and HDD storage that are worth consulting.

On your Windows 10 PC, press the Windows Key + S.

Windows 10 search bar
Alternatively, click the search bar on the taskbar.

Type defrag.

Click Defragment & Optimize Drives.

Windows 10 Defragment and Optimize Drive app
Check what's listed under Media type for your hard drive to determine if it's a SSD/solid-state drive or HDD/hard disk drive.

Windows 10 Optimize Drives app
How Do I Find Out What Type of Hard Drive I Have?
Another method to check what type of hard drive you have is to use the PowerShell or Command Prompt to find out. It's a little more involved but still fairly simple. Here's what to do.

Press Windows Key + S or click the Search Bar on the Taskbar.

Windows 10 search bar
Type PowerShell.

Click Windows PowerShell.

Windows PowerShell highlighted in search bar results 
Type Get-PhysicalDisk | Format-Table -AutoSize

Windows PowerShell with command for finding hard drive type typed in
Look under MediaType to see what kind of hard drive your PC is using.

Windows PowerShell with Hard drive types listed
How Do You Check Which SSD You Have?
Another method to check your hard drive type is to use Device Manager. Here's where to look for it.

This method is particularly useful if you need to know the storage drive involved.

Press Windows Key + S or click the Search Bar on the Taskbar.

Windows 10 search bar
Type Device Manager.

Click Device Manager.

Windows 10 Device Manager
Double click Disk Drives.

View the hard drives listed below.

How Do I Know If I Have SSD or HDD on macOS?
Checking what type of hard drive you have on macOS is different to Windows. Here's where to look.

The vast majority of Macs use SSD drives unless your device is very old.

Click the Apple logo in the top left corner of the desktop.

MacOS desktop with Apple logo highlighted
Click About This Mac.

macOS desktop with About This Mac highlighted 
Click Storage.

macOS About This Mac with Storage highlighted
Under the hard drive icon will be a description of the hard drive type such as Flash Storage which means it has an SSD installed.

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