I'm wondering if the S.M.A.R.T values in NVMe drives are similar to traditional HDDs where once a value within the S.M.A.R.T reaches, say 99 or 98% if it can every return to 100%?
The reason i ask this is because my current NVMe drive the wear/writes are very few: 2.6 TB and just over 6 months old.
Diagnostic scans including CrystalDisk shows the value dropped from 100% after a reboot to 99%. There were no other anomalies and all tests including Mobo testing of sectors all show the drive is mechanically fine.
Someone suggested to do a complete Windows/drive format and reinstall Windows to see if that value will change. However, I don't want to go through that.
The reason i ask this is because my current NVMe drive the wear/writes are very few: 2.6 TB and just over 6 months old.
Diagnostic scans including CrystalDisk shows the value dropped from 100% after a reboot to 99%. There were no other anomalies and all tests including Mobo testing of sectors all show the drive is mechanically fine.
Someone suggested to do a complete Windows/drive format and reinstall Windows to see if that value will change. However, I don't want to go through that.