5 Warning Signs Your SSD Is About to Break Down and Fail - Cloud Ninjas LLC

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5 Warning Signs Your SSD Is About to Break Down
and Fail
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Solid state drives (SSDs) are faster, more
stable, and consume less power than traditional
Hard Disk Drives (HDDs). But SSDs aren't
flawless, and can fail before their expected life
span of five to seven years.
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How Do SSDs Fail?
SSDs require a capacitor and power supplies,
which are vulnerable to malfunctions---especially
in the case of a power surge or a power failure.
In fact, in the case of a power failure, SSDs
have been known to corrupt existing data too,
even if the drive itself hasn't failed
completely. The other possible problem with SSDs
is that they have limited read/write cycles, an
issue that exists with all kinds of flash memory.
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Sign of Bad Health of an SSD
Files Cannot Be Read or Written
Errors Involving Bad Blocks
In the first scenario, your data has never been
written, so it isn't corrupted. Usually, the
system will resolve it automatically. In case it
doesn't, you can probably fix this by attempting
to save the file in a different location, or by
copying it to the cloud, restarting your
computer, and then saving it back to your drive.
Bad BLOCKS" on HDDs, there are "bad blocks" on
SSDs. This is typically a scenario where the
computer attempts to read or save a file, but it
takes an unusually long time and ends in failure,
so the system eventually gives up with an error
message
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Your Drive Becomes Read-Only
The File System Needs Repair
Frequent Crashes During Boot
If your PC is crashing during the boot process
but works fine after hitting the reset button a
couple of times, then your drive is likely to
blame. It might be a bad block or the sign of a
dying drive, so it's best to back up your data
before you lose any of it.
It's not that common, but some users have
experienced this one. Your SSD might refuse to
let you perform any operations that require it to
write data to disk. However, it can still work in
read-only mode. For all intents and purposes, the
drive appears dead, but surprise, your data can
still be recovered!
Ever seen an error message like this pop up on
your screen, on either Windows or macOS?
Sometimes this can happen simply because of not
shutting down your computer properly. However,
other times, it can be a sign of your SSD
developing bad blocks or a problem in the
connector port.
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How to Extend the Life of Your SSDs

• If your SSD is on the verge of failure, or if
  you've owned one for over five years, then the
  safest thing to do would be to start shopping for
  a replacement. Meanwhile, you can do a few things
  to extend its lifespan till you get a
  replacement
• Avoid extreme temperatures from affecting the
  drive. Ensure good cooling in your PC.
• Avoid power outages and any electric
  fluctuations.
• Free up some extra space on your SSD so it can
  move data from bad blocks.

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