8 things that can kill your SSD
Technologies / / December 29, 2020
Don't do that. If, of course, you want the disc to last a long time.
1. Defragmentation
SSDs are limited in rewrite cycles, and defragmentation can seriously wear out a drive, reducing its lifespan. So forget about different defragmenters like IObit Smart Defrag or Defraggler. They are not particularly needed on the HDD, because Windows is quite capable of cleaning up the disks by itself.
the Internet full of advice in addition, also disable the built-in tool "Defragment Disk" Windows 10. So, this is not necessary. The system perfectly recognizes solid state drives and does nothing potentially dangerous with them.
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2. Filling to failure
According to research the authoritative resource AnandTech, a 99% full SSD is noticeably slower. Before recommended leave at least 25% of free space on the SSD. Modern disks can be filled a little more, but anyway, if the drive bar in Explorer turns red, it's time to delete unnecessary files.
3. Downloading torrents
Downloading torrents is a heavy load on the SSD. Over time, his write speed will begin to degrade. Therefore, it is better to allocate the HDD for long downloads.
4. "Erasing Discs"
As you know, simple deletion of files does not lead to their complete disappearance, and they can still be restore. But there are programs that destroy data permanently, overwriting random sets of zeros and ones over it. For example, the popular CCleaner calls this function "Erase Discs".
Do not use it on an SSD, as it will lead to its early failure. Such an operation should be performed only before selling devices.
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5. Large files
SSDs are ideal for constantly using files - systems, programs and games. Your 4K movie collection should be placed on the hard drive and kept there, so the SSD will last longer. Fortunately, now terabytes on HDD are inexpensive.
6. Older operating systems
Systems like Windows XP and Windows Vista, as well as Mac OS X older than 10.6.8 and Linux with a kernel older than 2.6.28 do not support SSDs correctly. If they are installed on a solid state drive, it will wear out faster. Therefore, use only new operating systems.
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7. Benchmarks
Benchmarks test the read and write speed of a medium by writing streams of data to it. This hits hard on SSD rewrite cycles. If you bought this “cool backlit gaming SSD with heatsinks” to use it instead of brag to familiar numbers in screenshots - do not install CrystalDiskMark and other similar ones programs.
8. Doubtful hacks and tips from the Internet
The web is full of instructions for "optimizing" SSD performance. Among them is the advice to turn off Windows System Restore to reduce the load on the solid state drive. Don't do that. This "life hack" appeared a long time ago, when SSDs were still easily out of order, but modern media are well optimized for working with Windows. Therefore, it is better not to touch System Restore, it can be very useful in the future.
You can also find many "tweaks" of the Windows registry on the Internet, which supposedly make the SSD eternal, while at the same time speeding it up at least twice. As a rule, these are REG files, made by some unknown person. You do not need to edit the registry without knowing exactly what you are doing - you will definitely not help an SSD, and most likely harm the system.
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