Need Help with CRYSTALDISKINFO

kkorotev

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I seem to have an escalating problem with the time it takes to re-boot. Last night I couldn't boot at all. I narrowed down my choices to my SSD. I took it out, plugged it into my laptop and it didn't appear. Everything seemed to indicate a dead SSD. I went to bed expecting to have to replace and rebuild this weekend.

For grins, I got up this morning, plugged the SSD back in, powered on and....you guessed it, Fastest boot I've ever had (probably not but it seemed so). I immediately went online to look for some info about checking the health of my SSD. Have I said yet how I know nothing about this?

I came across CrystalDiskInfo. Downloaded, Installed, and got the following report. (OK, How do I attach a screenshot?)

What in the world is this telling me? Is the a table or guide somewhere as to exactly what all those ID items MEAN? If I have any sense, it seems that, maybe, the disk is just fine? Am I missing something?
 

UsandThem

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Not sure to say since I can't see anything that CrystalDiskInfo is reporting. You can upload an image to a pic hosting site, and share the link here. This is the one I generally use:

https://imgsafe.org/

Mainly the think you look for in CrystalDisk is the reported disk health on the main page. It will give a percentage and say something like "Good". It also uses colors to give warnings on the overall health of the drive:

https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/manual-en/HealthStatus.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r-bu-iA49M

Also, what brand of SSD is this? Many manufacturers have their own SSD utilities that report on the health of the drive as well.
 

kkorotev

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Problem solved.
Thanks for the help!
I'm a little smarter today than yesterday.
 
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