SSD Spare Blocks

Zbornak · 16 Feb 2017 at 23:22

My SSD program is telling me I have an issue with "Spare Blocks" and recommends I get a new drive. I've Googled it but nowhere is telling succinctly what exactly is wrong. It's also not entirely convincing that the only SDD health app which is telling me something is wrong is a manufacturer's one. Any ideas?

Zbornak · 17 Feb 2017 at 18:39

Just tried a manual TRIM and it's stayed the same. I know very little of drive things so I've put 2 images up. Is that what you're looking for?

Zbornak · 19 Feb 2017 at 15:58

The drive is out of warranty by about 10 months. I sure it's just a coincidence that SanDisk are telling me to buy a new one.

Zbornak · 23 Feb 2017 at 16:04

c1tro said:
Too many writes so you are left without any spare blocks. What OS were you using it with?

7 and then 10 for about a year.

Zbornak · 24 Feb 2017 at 20:02

c1tro said:
The writes wouldn't be in all 256GB of the SSD as there will be static files/docs occupying some of the space. Did the drive have a recovery partition?

Yes, 450mb.

Zbornak · 25 Feb 2017 at 17:28

c1tro said:
And I suppose there wasn't much space left in the 450mb partition?

100% free space. Nothing is in it.