Found mostly in older devices. HDD drives have moving parts inside
which makes noise. One of the good things about using a HDD (as opposed to
SSDs), is that you can hear unusual noises coming from the HDD BEFORE it goes
kurplunk!$%#. Thus giving you time to have it repaired or backed up. And saving
you from expensive data recovery cost!
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- HDD
(Hard Disk Drive)
Have been around since the beginning! Weighs several ounces to several pounds.
Makes slightly audible click & spinning sounds when running.

Found mostly in newer devices. If an SSD goes bad, ease of recovery will depend
on which part of the SSD went bad. There are 4 groups: Listing them from an
easy-fix to impossible are: Firmware, Electrical components, Flash
controllers & Flash memory. (Flash
memory is where all the data is stored!). Failure
or damage to Flash memory will cause permanent data
loss!