I have 8GB of SSD in my Lenovo Ideapad z510 laptop. How do I check how many GB SSD is installed in my system. Is this 8GB of Soled State Drive is being used for boot purpose? If yes, how much time it should take to boot my system. I have intel i5 processor with Win8.1 OS and 4 GB of RAM.
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Your PC has what is called a SSHD, or a hybrid drive, which is an old-fashioned spinning hard drive with a 8GB SSD built-in for performance purposes. As the SSD is managed by firmware, there is no easy way for you to check what files (and their size) are being cached on the SSD.
The SSD-part of the drive will be used for boot purposes as well as caching of some often used system files. But there is no way for you to control this process. At least not one that is supposed to be controlled by the user.
Juts rest assured that the SSD component is helping the performance of your PC. If you're interested, you can learn more by reading this article from Seagate, which is the company which produced the SSHD in your laptop system.
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