Question SSD says 95% good on drive monitor software

[sodium.in.toilet]

I'm using crystal disk info. I was originally using the software to check my old hard drives but my m.2 ssd says 95% good on the status bar. It's a WD black NVMe 500gb m.2. It's about a year old.

Is this anything to be worried about? It's a pretty expensive drive or atleast it was. I paid $120 for it. Since it's my C drive, should I back it up? I might be wrong, but I dont think you can copy/paste windows.

 

[rgd1101]

should always do backup of your data

5% 1 year.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm using crystal disk info. I was originally using the software to check my old hard drives but my m.2 ssd says 95% good on the status bar. It's a WD black NVMe 500gb m.2. It's about a year old.

Is this anything to be worried about? It's a pretty expensive drive or atleast it was. I paid $120 for it. Since it's my C drive, should I back it up? I might be wrong, but I dont think you can copy/paste windows.

Data should ALWAYSbe backed up. No matter what the "drive health" might report as.

And yes, you can absolutely do an Image of the C drive including "windows".
That is the basis of my whole backup routine.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[sodium.in.toilet]

Data should ALWAYSbe backed up. No matter what the "drive health" might report as.

And yes, you can absolutely do an Image of the C drive including "windows".
That is the basis of my whole backup routine.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

What software would you recommend to do this? I'm currently using minitool partition wizard

 

[USAFRet]

What software would you recommend to do this? I'm currently using minitool partition wizard

As mentioned in that thread, Macrium Reflect.
Full, Incremental, Differential. All on a schedule, whatever fits your needs.

The Free version is just fine.