Samsung 840Pro firmware update destructive?

[Charlie98]

They already have a FM update for the Samsung 840... the Magician can do it for me but A) is that the best way to do it, and B) does it wipe my disk?

I have my junk backed up, but I don't really want to have to recover my OS drive...

 

[Elixer]

It depends, sometimes a firmware flash is destructive, sometimes not.
They usually tell you.
As for the FW update, unless it is important/critical, or you have the issue the FW fixes, then usually, you should wait for other people to test it out.

 

[corkyg]

I see FW updates as the product of hasty engineering, and sometimes a hasty update is worse than no update. My rule is this, if the drive is working OK as is, I leave it alone until there are a lot of pros and cons posted.

 

[GAO]

It is not destructive. I have never has a drive firmware update fail in a destructive manner. Nevertheless, mistakes can happen, though the probability is low, and drives have been bricked. So it is good practice to make an image backup before doing a firmware update on a disk drive.

If you cannot back it up then the best advice is don't update the firmware if you don't need to as Corky said

 

[Charlie98]

No, I have Acronis full images as my normal backup, but I've never updated FM for either of my SSD's or my mobo... so just wondering.

 

[Coup27]

Traditionally Samsung updates have never been destructive so I don't see why that would change with this one.

 

[Puffnstuff]

No I've used it and it doesn't wipe your drive.

 

[tweakboy]

They already have a FM update for the Samsung 840... the Magician can do it for me but A) is that the best way to do it, and B) does it wipe my disk?

I have my junk backed up, but I don't really want to have to recover my OS drive...

Im getting a chuckle over this. Thank God for my Crucial. To me at least read speed matters the most. I canceled the write , gl

 

[Charlie98]

No I've used it and it doesn't wipe your drive.

Check! Thanks...

 

[GAO]

Yeah I had updated my OS 840 with it with no problems. Did I forget to mention that? LOL