Re-Installing Windows on an SSD?

[Re-Code]

So, I have a 240GB SSD from Kingston for close to a year now, and its been acting a bit slow lately (e.g not my usual speed). I have a source to backup my data, but I heard that the more data you write and erase from an SSD, the quicker it will die. Is it worth it worth it to re-install? 

 

Thanks in advance.

[Guest]

Well, the lifespan of SSDs is counted in petabytes. Feel free to re-install all you want.

[Godlygamer23]

SSDs do have a limited number of writes, but you are completely fine reinstalling your OS.

[Cvdasfg]

So, I have a 240GB SSD from Kingston for close to a year now, and its been acting a bit slow lately (e.g not my usual speed). I have a source to backup my data, but I heard that the more data you write and erase from an SSD, the quicker it will die. Is it worth it worth it to re-install? 

 

Thanks in advance.

While what you said is true and they do have a limit as far as read/writes go youll upgrade far before it dies ( most of the time). These things are meant to last a extremely long time and will most likely die to power surge, physical damage, or being upgraded far before they would die on there own.

[Godlygamer23]

While what you said is true and they do have a limit as far as read/writes go youll upgrade far before it dies ( most of the time). These things are meant to last a extremely long time and will most likely die to power surge, physical damage, or being upgraded far before they would die on there own.

SSDs can be read an unlimited number of times, assuming everything else is still functional.

[Guest]

And if you want to read more, here's a source: http://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-dead

[Cvdasfg]

SSDs can be read an unlimited number of times, assuming everything else is still functional.

So they have unlimited reads but not writes? ( assuming everything is fine) interesting. Never knew that.

[Captain_WD]

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Hey there Re-Code Welcome to the community! 

 

I would suggest running a diagnostic tool from your manufacturer first to see if the drive is functioning properly or if it has a problem. The test should give you a pretty good idea if the drive is healthy or not. You should be completely fine reinstalling your OS as this may clear some errors and bad software that has accumulated. 

 

SSDs do have a limited amount of write cycles after which it becomes a read-only drive (the nature of SSDs). But this causes problems if the SSD is a boot drive as the OS constantly writes small portions of data to the drive and if it's not able to do so it crashes. Those cycle counts are pretty high so not many regular consumers reach them so I wouldn't worry about that.

 

Captain_WD.