Hard drive advice!

[matthew younanof]

I have a fairly old computer its a intel I5 2.80 ghz. I want to purchase a new 500 gb hard drive to replace my main drive just in case it stops working at some point. It has been working for over ten years without any issues at all. It is a Hitachi drive I have had nothing but problems with Seagate drives over the years and would never touch them again. I wanted to know if is best to get a solid state hard drive or a standard hard drive ?. If SSD is the best option which ones are the most reliable at a resonable price ?. If I was to get a standard hard drive it would have to be a Hitachi drive because I am amazed how well they last so long. But I am not also so sure they are built as well as they was.

 

[matthew younanof]

Even on Sata 2 3.0 gbps would the bootup speed and opening times for programs be hugely noticeable ?. Also does any pc and bios automatically detect a ssd drive ?. Also when i checked
Crucial MX500 came in as the best sdd at the moment.

 

[matthew younanof]

I use paragon hard disk manager 15 which has a Migrating Windows OS to a solid state drive option. Is this the best way to migrate my drive to a new ssd drive ?. Or is there any software that is better ?.