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• Everything I Know About SSDs (2019)

  >if you get the SMART data with smartmontools/smartctl, you can inspect Percentage Used. CrystalDiskInfo[1] can be used for this purpose over on Windows. Some vendor-provided utilities like Samsung Magician will also provide this data with appropriate drives. [1]: https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• A3Launcher has broken my steam, more info below. Anyone know how to fix this chicanery?

  Verify that CrystalDiskInfo shows "Health: Good" for drive D. Source: 6 months ago

• Failed Hard Drive From Windows System

  Plug it directly into sata and see if it's shown in disk manager with the correct capacity. If it is post a screenshot of the smart data from https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/ and we can see what the best way to proceed would be . Source: 6 months ago

• Can’t access old HDD

  The disk is likely failing. DO NOT attempt any write operations like assigning a letter or changing file ownership. What you're saying suggests that the filesystem is corrupted, it's just unclear to what extent. It would be helpful if you provided a screenshot from CrystalDiskInfo. Most likely the best course of action is to boot https://www.hddsuperclone.com/hddlivecd and image the drive to a file on a different,... Source: 8 months ago

• My SSD suddenly died. I only lost 10 minutes of data, thanks to ZFS

  Minimum write size of a modern Flash chip can be ~100MB(!) according to a comment found in a random orange website[1]. So 5MB write every 10 minutes can be 600MB/hr, which is 4.8TB/8-hr-day, which is 24TB/40-hour-week, which is 3.43 DWPD real time for a 1TB drive, and 2500 TBW in 2 years real time[2]. Official quoted specification for SN850 is 600 TBW of write endurance, likely after derating for obvious warranty... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

Guru3D mentions (24)

• No idea why PC crashes while gaming

  Have you tried using Diplay Driver Uninstaller to perform a clean wipe of all display drivers that have been installed and then reinstall the most current driver for your card? There could be some reminants that are causing an issues from years of updating. You can get the program free at guru3d.com. Source: 6 months ago

• Windows auto update is crashing my 6800xt gpu

  Easy to put it back, files are on guru3d.com. Source: over 1 year ago

• Are these white flashes GPU artifacts?

  Decent chance. But it's conceivably a driver issue. Try reverting to an older driver if you're on the latest. Run DDU (display driver uninstaller from guru3d.com) first. Source: over 1 year ago

• Please Help Drop sudden low FPS on 3070

  If you cannot access that website, then try guru3d.com, you can find it from there too. Source: over 1 year ago

• Asus TUF 3080 vs MSI Gaming Z trio 3080

  The TUF is a fantastic card. I went with one at launch. Google reviews on guru3d.com to confirm. Source: over 1 year ago