SSD acting weird? Do these 5 things ASAP before it dies

Even the best-made storage drives will stop working one day, even if you take good care of them. Yes, it’s true that hard ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

How to Check SSD Health in Windows 10 and Windows 11

Luckily, there are a few ways to monitor your SSD’s health using SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) built into storage devices and software utilities that interface with it.
Ars Technica

Alienware r4 17 - Skynix 500BGB NVME SSD dying?

The Skynix SSD Diagnostic software says that there is a fault with the temp 1 sensor on the drive. I have just replaced the SSD with a Samsung 970 EVO Plus (which I'd rather have in my main PC) and ...
The Ledger

What to do if a tablet PC starts losing data

Q. My Microsoft Surface Pro 4 tablet computer is behaving strangely. The problems began after I installed a larger SSD (solid state drive) that had 64 gigabytes more capacity. I configured that extra ...
Ars Technica

Slow Cold boot but fast restarts

Recently develop a really slow cold boot issue, PC is about 5 months old, and event viewer doesn't show really show anything other than a really slow cold boot time of almost 500 seconds... Boot mode ...