Microsoft has plans to do this by 2023, so we should expect the world of all-SSD PCs of the future by next year.

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As the video (below) demonstrates, the SSD was able to finish booting and connect to a wireless network while the HDD model was still spinning its gear on the grey boot screen.

Boot your PC with the USB drive as the primary storage, select the SSD when prompted, and follow the instructions on-screen. Is it OK to use SSD and HDD together?

Sources from within the OEM computer industry have reported that Microsoft may be planning to end HDD boot drive support by as early as next year!

While there are some exceptions, most people today prefer a much speedier SSD for booting into the OS, which could be a good thing as Microsoft reportedly wants to kill off HDD boot drives entirely.