SSD Smart failure predicted

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Restarted my PC after an amd graphics driver update and got this error: 'Smart failure predicted on SATA6G_1: Samsung MZHPV256HDGL-00000. Warning please back-up your data and replace your hard disk drive. A failure may be iminent and cause unpredictable fail. No keyboard detected. F1 to run setup.'

Is this just a basic needs a new SSD error? And if so, is it too late to transfer everything over from the old one? I'm pretty sure I was using the windows backup system so even if this one is totally bricked will it be too much of a hassle to restore an old backup?

SSD is a Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 Pci-e Gen 3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI SSD. It's nearly 6 years old.
 
EsaT said:
Hard to know if that means drive is dead/dying at any second, or just hint of later failure.
Anyway even if it works would certainly get new drive and move it to less important use.

What's the PC you have it in?
Unusual for PCIe drive, it uses AHCI protocol (inherited from SATA) with its bottlenecks and existing BIOS support for booting from it.
So if board/BIOS is some old, NVMe protocol using drive might not work for booting OS.
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It won't actually boot properly. I hit f1 to go to the bios and then from there the only option is to save and exit and then it tries to restart and I hit the same screen again. Just stuck on that initial screen and no way of actually launching windows to be able to perform a quick backup.

My PC is
Asus Z170-P Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor
Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit
Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV256HDGL-00000)
Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive
Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red Window
Arctic Alpine 11 GT Rev.2 CPU Cooler
Aorus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Seasonic Focus PX-850 850W 80+ Platinum Modular Power Supply

I think the windows backups are saved onto the SSHD. So if I did need a new SSD is it fairly easy to backup and transfer everything from the old SSD to the new one? Also any particular brands that are recommended? Or any software/user friendly guides I should look into for the transfer?



 
EsaT said:
That board is certainly new enough that it supports booting from NVMe drive.
So finding new drive is easy.
Though not sure how Windows installation handles that move from AHCI to NVMe.

Anyway you need Windows installation media to use backup created by restore tool of Windows.
And same need to use same program applies as rule to any system back up/cloning tool.


What budget you have?
But really can't recommend anything smaller than 1TB, unless only use is like emails/web browsing/word processing.
Games simply consume so much space.
Also 2TB drives aren't excessively expensive, if you're planning on upgrading rest in near future.


As for trying to access that Samsung some live Linux booted from USB could be used to try to access it.
If it gets recognized, you could try copying files from it to other drive/USB media.
If you want to try to access it later with Windows on new drive there are external USB enclosures for M.2 drives.
Also it's possible to use PCIe slot adapter.
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So it should just be as simple as swapping out the old SSD with the new one, and following a guide online about using a usb stick to install windows and then restoring it via backup? And if so, does that mean everything will be in the right place and feel the same as before?

Budget around £150ish. I was looking at the WD Black SN850 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E GEN4 SSD. 1TB seems enough and WD are a decent trustworthy brand I think?
 
EsaT said:
You can get 1TB drives for £80.
And certainly ~£110 of Crucial P5P would be the most expensive sensible.
That board even can't use PCIe v4 speed.

I mean you can get 2TB drive for £150 with that extra space usefull already now.
WD Blue SN550 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2B0C)= £149.99
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Ok thank you. That one looks like a good bet.

And one final question, when using the usb method before finding the backup on the SSHD, will I need to know the windows 10 serial number/key? And if so where do I go about finding it because it was all pre-loaded when I originally ordered prebuilt from OC.
 
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