Question SSD is at very low health, what to do now ?

[ron00415]

My SSD's health is at 4% and it is decreasing every day.

What happens when it reaches 0%?

What should I do now to prevent data loss? Should I re-install my OS in other drive and get rid of the current one? Or there is something to be done to fix the current one?

SSD	Transcend 120GB TS12GSSD220S
SOFTWARE USED TO DEBUG	Hard Disk Sentinel
SSD POWER ON TIME	772 days 6hrs
SSD LIFETIME WRITES	26.24TB
OS	Windows 10

 

[USAFRet]

When your ssd fails due to write endurance it will become a read only drive.

And not all SSD fails are gracefully into read only mode from running out f write cycles;

Some just...die. Completely, instantly.
I've had exactly that.

Keep good backups.

 

[johnbl]

And not all SSD fails are gracefully into read only mode from running out f write cycles;

Some just...die. Completely, instantly.
I've had exactly that.

Keep good backups.

true, but it gets hard to explain the various cases that come up. read only mode would be the best case failure. ie fill up the drive, then burn out the drive reserved write endurance allocations.

 

[Karadjgne]

Disable Hibernation completely. Himem.sys does a number on drives, depending on ram size, and ppl running 16 or 32Gb of ram with a 256/512Gb primary ssd stand to loose 12Gb to 24Gb right off the rip. With realistic shorter lifespans and/or truncated TBW, having Windows and startup soak up the better part of 100GB before the user even gets to it gets rediculous with file management.