Question How to change old Windows hard disk to new hard disk?

[smalltech]

Hello,

I have SAMSUNG 990 PRO 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD for 10 months and the day 1 Health Status is 100%, after 10 months Health Status is 92%. I use CrystalDiskInfo to see the Health Status.

Windows 10 Pro is installed in SAMSUNG 990 PRO 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD

Q1. What is the best way to change from SAMSUNG 990 PRO 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD to a new WD SN850X 1TB NVME M.2 SSD?

Q2. Would cloning work since the health status % now has already dropped to 92% would the cloning software clone 92% health (or bad health areas/sectors/data) to the new WD SN850X 1TB NVME M.2 SSD?

Q3. My SAMSUNG 990 PRO 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD will stop working at what Health Status %?

Q4. At at what Health Status % should I change to a new hard disk?

Q5. Is dropping 8% health status in 10 months too fast? What is the normal rate of % drop in one year?

Q6. I use https://www.hdtune.com/download.html HD Tune 2.55 free version last updated at 12 February 2008 (very long ago), is the Error Scan results still accurate? Are there any alternative software that has the Error Scan function like HD Tune?

Thank you

 

[USAFRet]

I did not update the firmware. I bought this 990 Pro 10 months ago and used CrystalDiskInfo to see that it has Heath status 100% so I just leave it alone, started using it without Samsung Magician and no firmware update.

10 months later then I discovered CrystalDiskInfo shows 91% today, so I just installed Samsung Magician today.

I usually do not update firmware as I think someone said for firmware (or is it bios or something else) it is better to if it aint broke dont fix it.

I will update it later.

Given that there were 'issues' with some 980 and 990 drives, and a firmware update addresses that...yes, do that.

 

[smalltech]

Given that there were 'issues' with some 980 and 990 drives, and a firmware update addresses that...yes, do that.

I just updated to latest firmware 4B2QJXD7

CrystalDiskInfo still shows Health Status 91%

After I update, I see Samsung Magician Drive Dashboard and CrystalDiskInfo results looks similar to the images I posted (before I update) at #6 https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...-disk-to-new-hard-disk.3866092/#post-23397793

 

[smalltech]

Are these methods 1 or 2 or 3 good for checking hard drive?

"Method 1. Check for and repair bad sectors on hard drives using DiskGenius Free Edition "
"Method 2. Check a hard drive for bad sectors using the Error Checking utility in Windows File Explorer "
"Method 3. Check and repair bad sectors on HDDs using CMD "
source https://www.diskgenius.com/resource/check-fix-bad-sectors-hard-drives.html