A four-year-old SSD, 6,605 unexplained errors, and one OS that actually had answers.

Windows only gives you a verdict, but this free, open-source app shows you everything.

Even with a top-tier SSD, eventual failure is inevitable. SSDs operate with a limited number of read and write cycles, and each cycle degrades the NAND flash memory. Over time, this wear will ...

Ever wonder how SSDs last for years? Discover how wear leveling technology intelligently distributes data across memory cells ...

Most SSDs have their own software that can be used to monitor and manage SSD health. For example there is Samsung's Magician, and then the the Crucial Storage Executive for Crucial SSDs. These tools ...

Ever since late last year, a growing number of concerns have been raised surrounding the overall durability of the Samsung 990 PRO SSD. – Representing one of the faster (if not fastest) solid state ...

I have an HP dv6 with a 32GB SSD cache (mSATA). I was having some issues recently with my computer randomly turning off (maybe not so much very recently). I suspected it to be my hard drive, but it ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. SSDs don't just die overnight; they show warnings through SMART data long before failure, tracking wear level, temperature, and total bytes written. The ...