{"id":152237,"date":"2026-05-05T01:49:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=152237"},"modified":"2026-05-05T01:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:49:32","slug":"how-to-check-your-ssds-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-check-your-ssds-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Check Your SSD&#8217;s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-2146641450\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>Unlike HDDs, <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-choose-an-ssd\/\">SSDs<\/a> give little to no warning that they are about to fail, so it&#8217;s important to periodically check your <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-choose-an-ssd\/\">SSD&#8217;s<\/a> health status. Some manufacturers provide a dedicated tool that supports their own brand &#8211; e.g., Samsung Magician &#8211; but if you don&#8217;t have such a tool, there are alternatives.<\/p>\n<h2>Check Your SSD Using CrystalDiskInfo<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crystalmark.info\/en\/software\/crystaldiskinfo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CrystalDiskInfo<\/a> is portable freeware that provides a comprehensive report of your drive&#8217;s health status, including total reads, total writes, error rates, temperature, and an overall health score. In my opinion, it is the best choice:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CrystalDiskInfo-Results.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-152240\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CrystalDiskInfo-Results-640x604.png\" alt=\"crystaldiskinfo-results\" width=\"640\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CrystalDiskInfo-Results-640x604.png 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CrystalDiskInfo-Results-350x330.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CrystalDiskInfo-Results-150x142.png 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CrystalDiskInfo-Results.png 671w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For more information, plus a direct download link, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/crystalmark.info\/en\/software\/crystaldiskinfo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CrystalDiskInfo &#8211; Crystal Dew World<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Quick SSD Health Check<\/h2>\n<p>Not that CrystalDiskInfo is slow, results come up almost instantly after running the software. However, if you want to run a quick and simple check, you can do so via a couple of commands.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open a Command Prompt, type in <strong>WMIC<\/strong>, and hit Enter<\/li>\n<li>Now type in <strong>diskdrive get status<\/strong> and hit Enter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Command-Prompt-Check-Dirive.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-152242\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Command-Prompt-Check-Dirive.png\" alt=\"command-prompt-check-drive\" width=\"624\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Command-Prompt-Check-Dirive.png 624w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Command-Prompt-Check-Dirive-350x178.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Command-Prompt-Check-Dirive-150x76.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the result is <strong>OK<\/strong>, your drive has passed. The three OKs in the above screenshot are because I have three internal drives connected. Apparently, all are OK.<\/p><div id=\"daves-413093549\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>You also might like: <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-restore-windows-to-a-new-ssd\/\">How To Restore Windows To A New SSD<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BOTTOM LINE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Neither of the above methods involves writing to the drive, so both are safe to use without the concern of shortening your SSD&#8217;s lifespan. Any tests\/checks that involve writing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-choose-an-ssd\/\">SSD<\/a>, however, should be avoided, or at least used sparingly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-4246573072\" class=\"daves-after-content daves-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike HDDs, SSDs give little to no warning that they are about to fail, so it&#8217;s important to periodically check your SSD&#8217;s health status. Some manufacturers provide a dedicated tool that supports their own brand &#8211; e.g., Samsung Magician &#8211; but if you don&#8217;t have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15,483],"tags":[14870,1229,837],"class_list":["post-152237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","category-freeware","category-pc-computer-hardware","tag-crystaldiskinfo","tag-health","tag-ssd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152484,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152237\/revisions\/152484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}