Question Windows 11 behavior transferring data between disk drives

[slwhite]

I built a new Windows 11 PC with the following specs pertinent to my question:

BluRay drive
2 TB SSD
External hard disk
32 GB RAM

My question concerns data transfer by Windows 11. I want to copy several BluRay optical disks to an external hard drive. When copying the data, does the data flow from optical drive to RAM to external hard disk or does the data flow through the SSD as an intermediary? I am hoping that the SSD isn't used as an intermediary because I am concerned about excessive writes to it which would reduce its life time. I want to do this operation for a number of BluRay discs, hence my concern about SSD wear.

 

[zinkles]

The SSD is not used. The transfer occurs only between the two drives/media where the transfer is being/going to be taken place. The RAM acts as the buffer, therefore, the intermediate. You won't risk SSD wear from doing so.

Cheers!

 

[USAFRet]

1. No, it does not write to your C drive in any meaningful way.

2. In normal consumer use, "SSD wear" has not really been an issue for years. Yes, there is a "limit" on write cycles. But that "limit" is so large as to be irrelevant.

 

[slwhite]

Thanks for the replies. That is what I suspected but I wanted to make sure.

 

[SkyNetRising]

2. In normal consumer use, "SSD wear" has not really been an issue for years. Yes, there is a "limit" on write cycles. But that "limit" is so large as to be irrelevant.

QLC drives haven't been around for long enough.
But with normal windows use 250GB QLC drive will wear itself out in 5-7 years.

So... definitely not irrelevant.