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.

When left on its default settings, the paging file puts extra stress on your SSD, and over time, reduces its lifespan. The ...

Recently, widespread reports surfaced online alleging catastrophic SSD failures following the August 2025 Windows 11 ...

Affected SSDs were running pre-release 'engineering preview firmware,' rather than finalized production software, according ...

Word is circulating around the Internet that the latest Windows 11 update may be causing some potentially serious problems for SSD owners. More specifically, some users in Japan have reported that ...

A rash of SSD failures have prompted some users to blame a recent Windows Update. Microsoft insist the problem is not its fault.

Microsoft’s BitLocker software encryption of for SSDs, which is activated by default in Windows 11 Pro, causes a massive reduction in the performance of storage drives. TomsHardware conducted ...

The company joins memory component supplier Phison in struggling to reproduce the issue. Strangely, Microsoft says it hasn't ...