[SOLVED] SSD vs HDD, data recovery

[ben1373]

Is there any clear difference between HDD’s and SDD’s, in terms of leaving traces of deleted files, susceptible to data Recovery?

 

[ebosss03]

No it does not SSD is just alot faster but HDD leaves as much traces as an SSD.

 

[jimmysmitty]

No it does not SSD is just alot faster but HDD leaves as much traces as an SSD.

Thats not quite true. Yes you can do data recovery on an SSD. However Windows 10 and most newer setups support TRIM which automatically 0 out the empty cells. This makes data recovery much harder compared to an HDD that does not 0 out any part and only overwrites when the space becomes available and not always immediately.

I can tell you that if a HDD fails its not hard to do data recovery for a normal user unless it is a mechanical failure while SSDs on the other hand almost always require specialized tools to recover data so long as the NAND chips have not failed.