Microsoft Says Recent Windows Update Didn't Kill Your SSD
Posted4 months agoActive4 months ago
Original: Microsoft says recent Windows update didn't kill your SSD
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userbinator
4 months ago
1 replyThis could be a case of the straw that broke the camel's back. Windows has always been extremely aggressive with its background disk activity in a default install, and I wouldn't be surprised if the new AI crap they're shoving everywhere has pushed that even further.
hulitu
4 months ago
1 replyMaybe, but disk activity, even sustained one, shouldn't kill an SSD. Will be nice to know which SSD models are affected, so we can avoid them.
userbinator
4 months ago
If you are doing lots of small non-cached writes, the write amplification can be huge. A 600TBW rating SSD may only last several TB with a 100x WA.
Bluescreenbuddy
4 months ago
Both Phison and Microsoft have stated they haven’t found a connection. Makes me wonder if those users had counterfeit drives
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