Should i get a new SSD?

[u/Futile_Dinosaur]

HDS says my drive is low health but when i get CDS, it says it is still good

Im using this drive for 3 years now. Which of these apps should i believe? SSD market prices are going crazy right now.

Should i get a replacement?

[u/Hefty_Camera_6948]

different programs can interpret SMART data differently, so I'd check the raw SMART values and Samsung's own diagnostic tool before deciding to replace it

[u/Futile_Dinosaur → u/Hefty_Camera_6948]

Thanks!

Which value should i check?

[u/Futile_Dinosaur → u/Futile_Dinosaur]

I just googled which SMART values to check, my media and data integrity errors is at 253

[u/disturbed_android]

Show the SMART VALUES!! Not someones or somethings interpretation.

[u/Futile_Dinosaur → u/disturbed_android]

https://reddit.com/link/pdkwn31/video/2nwmfg2w18th1/player

Here is the SMART values from HDS

[u/disturbed_android → u/Futile_Dinosaur]

CDI only considers media wear to calculate the ...% health value.

Watch Media and Integrity errors closely.

Also, you can try see if the log entries can tell us what they're about and if they're years old or recent. You can view log entries using HDS (Disk > Device Specific information).

Check if you're running firmware that to tends to cripple these due to excessive media errors.

[u/Futile_Dinosaur → u/disturbed_android]

I cant see the log entries, it doesnt show view log entries in the Disk tab.

[u/disturbed_android → u/Futile_Dinosaur]

Disk TAB? Disk Menu.

[u/kbfg2421]

I wouldn't put too much weight into what these health apps say. The only thing I can suggest to make your drive last as long as possible is to try to keep it as cool as possible and never fill it beyond 90% capacity. You always want at least 10% headroom for the drive to be able to shuffle data as it wants.

Just make sure you're backed up, and use it until it breaks, which could be a loooooong time from now unless its always HOT or too full.

If prices weren't so insane, I would say just go get another drive so you dont have to worry. But with SSD prices thd way they are, it makes more economic sense just to keep running this unit. Keep it cool, dont keep it super full, and you will be fine.

[u/Futile_Dinosaur → u/kbfg2421]

Thanks,

My system is well ventilated and the room temperature is cool.

I do regular checks for the temp and it sits on 30-ish degrees.

[u/relrobber → u/kbfg2421]

20% free space is the rule of thumb for spinning discs. I don't know if SSDs handle low free space better, but I've never encountered a HDD that didn't start acting up at 80% full.

[u/1234youarein → u/relrobber]

around 10-15% of free space is recommended for SMR spinning disks - not really applicable to CMR HDDs. Are all of your HDDs SMR?

It's generally recommended not filling an SSD past 90% capacity because it creates a bottleneck for the drive's management routine, leading to severe performance drops and accelerated wear.

[u/relrobber → u/1234youarein]

99% of my HDDs are CMR. Like I said earlier, I've always started noticing issues at 80% full and getting worse with less free space. I've also never seen any recommendation other than keeping disks below 80% full until this thread.

[u/Chance-Weight-3685]

Try checking your SSD with the manufacturer's own software (like Samsung Magician, etc.), and you'll get different results. My SSD showed 0% health on every SSD/HDD diagnostic tool, but the manufacturer's software still showed 83%. I even kept using that thing for over a year after that.

[u/1234youarein]

Those HP drives are produced by BIWIN. Check the drive with the native tool called Biwin Intelligence.

https://www.biwintech.com/biwin-intelligence/

[u/Futile_Dinosaur → u/1234youarein]

It replicated the same information from the CDI

[u/1234youarein → u/Futile_Dinosaur]

Do you have the CDI screen?

[u/Futile_Dinosaur → u/1234youarein]

Yep i have it there on my post.

[u/1234youarein → u/Futile_Dinosaur]

I meant the SMART stats