On 07/08/2021 15:44, Jeff Gaines wrote:
I've just had my first SSD fail, a WD Blue dated 2018, so bad that the >>image I took with Acronis screwed up the SSD I planned to use as a >>replacement :-(
The replacement has allowed me to install 8.1 after cleaning it off with >>diskpart and it seems to be running OK, first clean install for ages, >>forgotten how to do it!
Roll on Mac Mini M1....
A lot of Apple stuff has everything soldered to the motherboard. On the
M1, is the SSD replaceable, even?
I've just had my first SSD fail, a WD Blue dated 2018, so bad that the
image I took with Acronis screwed up the SSD I planned to use as a replacement :-(
The replacement has allowed me to install 8.1 after cleaning it off with diskpart and it seems to be running OK, first clean install for ages, forgotten how to do it!
Roll on Mac Mini M1....
I've just had my first SSD fail, a WD Blue dated 2018, so bad that the
image I took with Acronis screwed up the SSD I planned to use as a >replacement :-(
The replacement has allowed me to install 8.1 after cleaning it off with >diskpart and it seems to be running OK, first clean install for ages, >forgotten how to do it!
Roll on Mac Mini M1....
On 7 Aug 2021 14:44:46 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
I've just had my first SSD fail, a WD Blue dated 2018, so bad that the >>image I took with Acronis screwed up the SSD I planned to use as a >>replacement :-(
The replacement has allowed me to install 8.1 after cleaning it off with >>diskpart and it seems to be running OK, first clean install for ages, >>forgotten how to do it!
Roll on Mac Mini M1....
No warning from any software that you used to test it before failure?
On 08/08/2021 in message <287vggh1dlt16b1eq2bnhdofp19vpi7ne0@4ax.com> Dan >wrote:
On 7 Aug 2021 14:44:46 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> >>wrote:
I've just had my first SSD fail, a WD Blue dated 2018, so bad that the >>>image I took with Acronis screwed up the SSD I planned to use as a >>>replacement :-(
The replacement has allowed me to install 8.1 after cleaning it off with >>>diskpart and it seems to be running OK, first clean install for ages, >>>forgotten how to do it!
Roll on Mac Mini M1....
No warning from any software that you used to test it before failure?
Warning signs, yes.
It was on a Windows PC that I was going to use as a stopgap while I make
the transition to (or is it from) the dark side. The PC has been out of
use for a while and it seemed a bit sluggish so I ran AS SSD Benchmark on
the SSD and its performance was dire. I then ran chkdsk /f on next reboot
and reran the test and it was back up to about 500 Mb/s seq read which is >about right, but on the basis that data is more important than a groat or
two I imaged it - and it was slow. The image went on to the new SSD but it >wouldn't boot and nor would the old one when I swapped back so I
reinstalled on to the replacement SSD.
The 500 GB is still under warranty and I am running WD DLGDIAG on it, WD
says the program is deprecated and replaced by its Dashboard but I
couldn't find a test on that and it says the SSD is OK. We shall see.
The 500 GB is still under warranty and I am running WD DLGDIAG on it, WD
says the program is deprecated and replaced by its Dashboard but I
couldn't find a test on that and it says the SSD is OK. We shall see.
On 08/08/2021 in message <xn0n1e08i1tot8000@news.individual.net> Jeff
Gaines wrote:
The 500 GB is still under warranty and I am running WD DLGDIAG on it, WD >>says the program is deprecated and replaced by its Dashboard but I
couldn't find a test on that and it says the SSD is OK. We shall see.
It passed the test, although I think the group has expressed some
scepticism about manufacturers' tests in the past.
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