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HDD vs. SSD
I have a 10 year old Dell that came with an approx 960 GB HDD. 3 years ago I added an approx 240 GB SSD to serve as C: and D: , and elevated the HDD as F: for large items, photos, music, etc. Both the HDD and SSD have always performed flawlessly, but was wondering how long I can expect this to continue. Thoughts ? ...
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SSD has Toolbox software, and will tell you "Percent Life". I have no idea how to access this if it's there. Certainly not anything obvious. |
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On 4/24/2021 2:00 PM, Paul wrote:
wrote: SSD has Toolbox software, and will tell you "Percent Life". I have no idea how to access this if it's there. Certainly not anything obvious. Exact make and model number, please. snip... I've used both Samsung and Intel SSDs and both brands have easily-findable Support/Toolbox software. I also have some super-cheap Pioneer 480gB SSDs but all of those are in external USB3 enclosures and I haven't done the search for software for those. I don't even know if the software, if it exists, would work for SATA drives that aren't directly connected. Guess I should find out some day. -- Bodger's Dictum: Artifical intelligence can never overcome natural stupidity. |
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Exact make and model number, please. From device manager : KINGSTON SA400S37240G |
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Exact make and model number, please. From device manager : KINGSTON SA400S37240G OK, inconvenience. No link to toolbox. Not a problem. https://www.kingston.com/en/ssd/a400-solid-state-drive Next stop. Using "SSD toolbox" on the Kingston site gives... https://www.kingston.com/en/support/...cal/ssdmanager https://media.kingston.com/support/d...up_1.1.2.6.exe https://media.kingston.com/support/downloads/KSM-UG.pdf There is no listing saying A400 is supported, but it won't take long to install and test and get the wear infos and so on. Paul |
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I think it was Kingston but not sure. It's buried so deep within my hardware, as to make examination not worth the trouble. I appreciate responses ... http://hdtune.com/files/hdtune_255.exe Looks like this. Disk model number is at the top. https://i.postimg.cc/BQbgK9Pj/HDTune.gif The only problem with the utility (free) is that it is 13 years old and does not have SSD knowledge inside. It's more of an HDD utility. The $$ version of the program is up-to-date (but then it's $$). The free version will give you a name, and you can work on finding a Toolkit for it then. Paul |
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