What Does a SMART Predicted Failure Warning Mean on My Laptop?
My Windows 11 laptop, an HP Victus 16.1-inch gaming model purchased in 2022, recently started showing a storage health check failure along with a "SMART predicted failure" warning…
SSD health
How can I check my SSD’s health from the terminal?
I'm using Bazzite and want to check the health of my SSD from the command line. I've seen that smartctl has a -H or --health option, but I'm…
How can I check my SSD’s health from the terminal on Bazzite?
I'm using Bazzite and want to check the health of my SSD from the terminal. I understand that smartctl can report SMART data, but I'm not sure how…
Is a Used 512GB Samsung PM9A1 at 79% Health Worth €20–25?
I found a used 512GB Samsung PM9A1 NVMe SSD listed for €25, and I may be able to negotiate it down to €20. The drive reports 79% health,…
Is a Used 512GB Samsung PM9A1 With 79% Health Worth €20–25?
I found a used 512GB Samsung PM9A1 NVMe SSD listed for €25, and I may be able to negotiate it down to €20. The drive reports 79% health.…
Is My Boot NVMe SSD Wearing Out Too Quickly?
I use a 1 TB KIOXIA-EXCERIA G2 as the boot drive in my daily-use PC. It is rated for 400 TBW, has about 14,000 hours of power-on time,…
Why has my Crucial BX500’s download speed dropped, and how can I check its health?
I bought a Crucial BX500 240GB 3D NAND SATA SSD in January last year for installing games, since my C: drive was running out of space and these…
Why Is This “New” SSD Showing a Bad Health Status?
I bought an SSD that was advertised as new, but CrystalDiskInfo reports a bad health condition. It shows two critical warnings: available spare capacity has fallen below the…
Why Is My Used SSD Showing Critical Warnings in CrystalDiskInfo?
I bought an SSD that was advertised as "new," but CrystalDiskInfo reports a bad health status. It shows two critical warnings: "Available spare capacity has fallen below the…
Why Has My SATA SSD’s Download Speed Dropped So Much?
I bought a Crucial BX500 240GB 3D NAND SATA SSD last January for games that take up a lot of storage space. When it was new, downloads ran…
Windows 11 Runs “Scanning and Repairing Drive C” on Every Boot—Should I Back Up First?
Every time I start my Windows 11 PC, it displays "Scanning and Repairing Drive C." I'm also having issues such as the taskbar search box never finishing its…
PC Powers Off After About an Hour Even Though Temperatures Look Normal
For the past few days, my PC has been shutting down unexpectedly after roughly an hour, whether I'm gaming or simply sitting at the Windows desktop. Event Viewer…
My SSD Is at 83% of Its Rated Write Life—Should I Replace It?
I have an Intel 660p 512GB SSD that has been used mainly as my Windows boot drive and for game storage since 2019. Its specifications list a 100TBW…
My SSD Is at 83% of Its Rated Write Endurance—Should I Replace It?
I've been using a 512GB Intel 660p SSD as my Windows boot drive and for game storage since 2019. Its rated endurance is 100 TB written, and monitoring…
Why does Steam take so long to patch games when my SSD hits 100% usage?
Steam downloads updates at normal speed, but applying the update can take nearly an hour. For example, a roughly 500 MB update finished downloading quickly, then spent almost…
Why does Steam take so long to patch games when my SSD is at 100% active time?
Steam downloads updates normally, but applying the patch can take an extremely long time. A roughly 500 MB update recently took almost an hour to finish patching after…
Should I Be Concerned About a Refurbished PC’s SSD Showing 70% Life Used?
I recently bought a refurbished HP mini PC from a professional seller for a small homelab. It was advertised as being in "very good" condition, and when I…
Windows 11 freezes shortly after startup despite multiple reinstalls
I recently installed Windows 11 on a new PC. It runs normally for a few days, but after shutting it down and starting it again, the system freezes…
My laptop SSD shows 3% health after over 1 PB of writes—what should I do?
Windows recently warned me about the SSD in my laptop, and a health check now reports only 3% health with a status of "Bad." The 512 GB NVMe…
Why does my SSD show 100% health but critical SMART warnings and thousands of integrity errors?
My one-year-old 1TB ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro is connected as an external drive through an ORICO M2PV-C3 enclosure using a Realtek RTL9210B controller. It worked normally for months,…