“what does solid state mean when in relation to an external hard drive”
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“Solid State” in reference to an External drive. Traditionally HDD refers to hard disc drive. Implying that there is a disc inside. This is true, there is a metal disc that spins within HDDs. There are magnets with a record player-style arm inside the unit that reads/writes information to the disc. With Solid State Drives, the information is stored similarly to flash drives. There are no moving parts. The unit is in a “solid state”.
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