Your SSDs could be dying. Learn how to check your SSD’s health in real time to keep your data safe and protected from corruption.
Unlike hard drives that can last 10 – 20 years when kept in a good environment, SSDs have a much shorter lifespan. Most SSDs typically last only about 5 – 10 years and can wear out even faster if you use applications that have higher write workloads and/or higher wear from user errors.
Your SSDs could be at a critical health, and you may not even be aware of it. That’s why you must regularly check your SSD’s lifespan, which will allow you to back up your data and keep it protected when you detect bad health and/or other errors.
In this article, we will explain how to check your SSD’s health on your PC, along with some tips to help you extend your SSD’s lifespan.
Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and reflect the writer’s opinions.
How To Check the Lifespan of Your SSD?
Various tools allow you to check the health of your SSD. Some of these tools, like Samsung Magician, Kingston SSD Manager, and others, are provided when you buy these brands’ SSDs. However, many of them do not work with all SSD brands, which is why we recommend people use either the CrystalDiskInfo or HWiNFO applications.
Here’s how to check for your SSD’s health using CrystalDiskInfo:
As your SSD continues to age, this percentage will decrease. When it reaches a critical percentage, you will get a warning and a different message instead of “Good, followed by the percentage.
What Can You Do To Extend the Lifespan of Your SSD?
Most SSDsalready include various technologies to help reduce the wear on your SSD and preserve its lifespan for as long as possible. However, you can still take some steps to ensure that no error on your part could increase the wear on your SSD. You will find them below:
This concludes all the tips on how to extend the health of your SSD. Also, practicing the above tips and regularly checking your SSD’s lifespan will prolong. Thereby, your data will remain safe from any corruption.
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