Should I Be Worried About 489,270 Media and Data Integrity Errors on My SSD?
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MellowPine47
My SSD is about a year and a half old and currently reports 99% available spare capacity in Windows 11. I've had corrupted Windows installations in the past and performed a factory reset once, but everything seemed fine afterward. Recently, though, every boot has shown a "scanning and repairing drive" message, so I checked the drive's health information and noticed 489,270 media and data integrity errors. How serious is this, and could it explain the repeated drive repairs?
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Back up all important files to an external drive immediately. A large media or data integrity error count combined with Windows repeatedly scanning and repairing the drive is a strong warning sign, even if the SSD still reports 99% available spare capacity. I’d plan to replace the SSD soon rather than trusting it with your only copy of anything important.
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MellowPine47: So does that mean the SSD is probably failing? Is there a known reason this would start happening after working normally for more than a year?