Stabability?

[Guest]

Hi, which is more stable/reliable a hard drive or an SSD? 

[itachipirate]

Hi, which is more stable/reliable a hard drive or an SSD? 

A SSD has no moving parts and is less likely to be damaged from movement, like if the computer is dropped (only really applies to laptops) SSDs are generally more reliable and last longer than hard drives

[Guest]

A SSD has no moving parts and is less likely to be damaged from movement, like if the computer is dropped (only really applies to laptops) SSDs are generally more reliable and last longer than hard drives

That's what I was thinking, thank you!

[Comessy]

Usually an SSD is, but if you get a cheap bad brand, it may die in less than a year

 

A good Intel SSD should last many years

 

But then again, my Seagate hard drive has been working for 11 years, I guess I'm lucky

 

Also SSDs just die without warning, but a Hard drive will give you signs before it dies

[Enderman]

SSD

[Enderman]

Also SSDs just die without warning, but a Hard drive will give you signs before it dies

an SSD will have reduced write speeds when it begins to fail

when it completely fails it will become read-only because the nand write cycles run out

this means you can still plug it into another PC and rip the data off of it to another drive

 

also you can very accurately track the SSD's lifespan with a tool like crystaldiskinfo which will tell you what percentage health the SSD is at based on the relocated sectors

so you can pretty much know exactly when it will fail, and when it does you can still get your stuff back

[Comessy]

an SSD will have reduced write speeds when it begins to fail

when it completely fails it will become read-only because the nand write cycles run out

this means you can still plug it into another PC and rip the data off of it to another drive

 

also you can very accurately track the SSD's lifespan with a tool like crystaldiskinfo which will tell you what percentage health the SSD is at based on the relocated sectors

so you can pretty much know exactly when it will fail, and when it does you can still get your stuff back

I meant like physical sounds, like the grinding noises that a failing hard drive makes

 

But yea you can find out if the SSD is dying if you pay attention