Will a power outage kill a ssd?

[RachokingzOz]

As I was shutting down my computer, a power outage came as the screen was going black. I was just wondering if that will harm my SSD and I have a surge protector.

 

[JBURNS489]

It just depends..it is possible yes but not likely in my experience. If your PSU is of decent quality it will have surge protection built in. Best way to see if your ssd is damaged is just try to boot...see what happens. If it boots normally, then you are good to go. Crystaldiskinfo is a great program as well to monitor the health of your drives.

 

[captaincharisma]

it' s possible but because it doesn't have any moving parts like a mechanical HDD it it's less likely

 

[dish_moose]

If your OS is in the process of writing data at the time of power loss - your OS can be corrupted. Unless something has also happened to your PSU, your ssd will still work even if the data has been corrupted. You may need to reinstall your OS
-Bruce

 

[ahnilated]

Do you just have a surge suppressor or a UPS?

 

[RachokingzOz]

If your OS is in the process of writing data at the time of power loss - your OS can be corrupted. Unless something has also happened to your PSU, your ssd will still work even if the data has been corrupted. You may need to reinstall your OS
-Bruce

What if i was just browsing on the internet and then it shuts off.

 

[RachokingzOz]

it' s possible but because it doesn't have any moving parts like a mechanical HDD it it's less likely

I have a ssd and a hdd.

 

[RachokingzOz]

Do you just have a surge suppressor or a UPS?

Isn't it surge protector.

 

[JBURNS489]

Just go download crystaldiskinfo, and see what it says. If there are any errors, you may or may not have an issue. If its all clear, then you have no problems. Simple, quick and easy

 

[RachokingzOz]

Just go download crystaldiskinfo, and see what it says. If there are any errors, you may or may not have an issue. If its all clear, then you have no problems. Simple, quick and easy

WIll the built in software from Window 10 work?

 

[dish_moose]

If it boots - you are ok. This is the reason I have a UPS for my computer - in the past I have had OS corruption from sudden power failure - sometimes it affected nothing other times ....:-(.
-Bruce