On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 23:46:08 +0100, nestork
wrote:

I understand that solid state drives are considerably more reliable than
conventional hard drives because they don't have a motor and magnetic
platter. They're basically just a huge flash drive.

I've read a little about 'em. The SSD is much faster in read and
wrights and worth having. I will eventually. When they FAIL, it is
sudden, dead, done, put a fork in it.

An HDD may give some warning, like a clicking sound. Get your stuff
off then. Just a matter of time until you can harvest rare earth
magnets and platters from the drive. G