I need to know the condition of this ssd
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Could this by why it reappeared ? I assumed it either hit the write limit or the electronics had failed
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/169124-the-mysteriously-disappearing-drive-are-power-outages-killing-your-ssds
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/169124-the-mysteriously-disappearing-drive-are-power-outages-killing-your-ssds
Yes M4, I've never updated the firmware, I would be scared to brick it, when I bought it they cost over £300 new, its dropped quite a lot now though
this program is really good by the way, thanks to whoever recommended it in a previous thread here
this program is really good by the way, thanks to whoever recommended it in a previous thread here
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Does the latest version of crystal disk info show you how much you've written to the drive?
I can't see anything immediately obviously wrong with the drive.
I can't see anything immediately obviously wrong with the drive.
New version doesn't say either, it does say on my other drives just not this one, ssdlife didnt give any extra information either
I've tried to avoid paging file writing to this drive and havent used it
for anything uncommon, also redirected google earth to cache elsewhere,
so the write cycles are probably moderate at most
I've tried to avoid paging file writing to this drive and havent used it
for anything uncommon, also redirected google earth to cache elsewhere,
so the write cycles are probably moderate at most
As long as everything is being kept backed up then I'd continue using it.
It might have been a cable loose or even a mobo issue that caused it to disappear.
For reference here is my Samsung 830 that I have used and abused as a boot drive for 3 years.
It might have been a cable loose or even a mobo issue that caused it to disappear.
For reference here is my Samsung 830 that I have used and abused as a boot drive for 3 years.
so a wear leveling count of 98 might mean that 2% of the write limit has been reached ? rather than 98% ? couldn't they have used a more intuitive system ?
I have managed to clean the drive enough now that it is at 145 GB out of 500, it was near full before. I have 33GB in the appdata/local/temp folder though that I do not know whether it is possible to delete.
I am wondering how small I can get this when it is at the point where it is just windows + basic programs ( not games ), that would show how small of a drive I could transfer it too, although I might want to reinstall at some point because I get this bug a lot where my windows explorer crashes, I've had this windows install for about 3 years now in 4 different hardware environments.
I have managed to clean the drive enough now that it is at 145 GB out of 500, it was near full before. I have 33GB in the appdata/local/temp folder though that I do not know whether it is possible to delete.
I am wondering how small I can get this when it is at the point where it is just windows + basic programs ( not games ), that would show how small of a drive I could transfer it too, although I might want to reinstall at some point because I get this bug a lot where my windows explorer crashes, I've had this windows install for about 3 years now in 4 different hardware environments.
That wear leveling count is counting down from 100. It can even reach 0 and the drive will still work fine.
I assume windirstat allows you to look into the appdata folder and see what exactly is taking up your space.
Reinstall might be a good idea if you've had it installed on many machines.
I assume windirstat allows you to look into the appdata folder and see what exactly is taking up your space.
Reinstall might be a good idea if you've had it installed on many machines.