How to Check if a Hard Drive is an SSD or HDD on a Windows PC

• Use the "Performance" tab of your Task Manager to locate your computer's hard drives and look for either the "SSD" or "HDD" label.
• Open "Defragment and Optimize Drives" to find each hard drive's type in the "Media Type" column.
• Use the Device Manager to see the full names of each of your hard drives, including the drive type and storage type.
• You can also run the command "Get-PhysicalDisk | Format-Table -AutoSize" in PowerShell to view your hard drive types.

Using the Task Manager

Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Esc. This opens the Task Manager.

Select the Performance tab. You'll see this at the top of the window on Windows 10. If you're using Windows 11, it'll be the second icon from the top on the left column. This displays a list of your computer's hardware including CPUs, memory, and drives.

Locate your drives. Your PC's drives will likely be labeled as Disk 0, Disk 1, etc. Under the name and letter of each hard drive, you'll see if it's a HDD, an SSD, or a removable drive such as a USB flash drive.

Using the Defragmentation Tool

Open the Windows Search bar. Click the magnifying glass located on the left-hand side of your toolbar.

Type optimize. A list of matching results will appear. We want Defragment and Optimize Drives.

Click Defragment and Optimize Drives. It should be the first search result. This opens the Optimize Drives panel.

Find your drive type under “Media Type". You'll see either "Solid state drive" or "Hard drive" under "Media Type." If you have more than one drive in the computer, they'll each be listed separately.

Using the Device Manager

Open the Windows Search bar. Click the magnifying glass located on the left-hand side of your toolbar. Using the Device Manager to determine your hard drive type can be useful if you are curious about your storage size and type as well.

Type device manager. Select Device Manager from the given results.

Click the drop-down arrow next to "Disk Drives". This will reveal your computer's hard drives. You will see either SSD or HDD in each drive's name.

Using Windows PowerShell

Open the Windows Search bar. Click the magnifying glass located on the left-hand side of your toolbar.

Type PowerShell. Select Windows PowerShell from the given results.

Type Get-PhysicalDisk . This will pull up a chart displaying the physical disk drives installed on your PC.

Find your drive type under "MediaType". The MediaType column will read either HDD or SSD for each of your hard drives.