An SSD technically will. I have an original IBM XT with a factory-installed 10MB HDD that's completely readable, and a Compaq Portable I that was built shortly after with an HDD on a hard card that is ...
Between two storage solutions, generally speaking, SSDs are more reliable than HDDs. However, there are a variety of factors ...
Update 3/24/2023: Secure Data Recovery provided us with a little more information on the defective HDDs tested. It said that 37 percent of the Western Digital and Seagate drives analyzed featured SMR.