Boot your PC with the USB drive as the primary storage, select the SSD when prompted, and follow the instructions on-screen. Is it OK to use SSD and HDD together?

A computer with a built-in solid-state drive (SSD) will give you faster startup speeds, slicker data-writing when copying files, and a snappier process for opening and swapping between programs, ...

Not sure what kind of storage to pick? We've got you covered with this SSD vs HDD vs hybrid drive comparison that looks at the pros and cons of each.

Apple upgrades your startup drive if itu2019s a pure SSD, but not otherwise; you can opt in external SSDs and HDDs.

Was doing the review for the Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive and the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD, and I really needed to do a boot time comparison for the Seagate Momentus XT, so I decided why not do ...

Microsoft has plans to do this by 2023, so we should expect the world of all-SSD PCs of the future by next year.

While there are some exceptions, most people today prefer a much speedier SSD for booting into the OS, which could be a good thing as Microsoft reportedly wants to kill off HDD boot drives entirely.