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    According to SMART my SSD is failing

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by b|lly, May 6, 2013.

  1. b|lly

    b|lly Notebook Deity

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    Since yesterday Hard Disk Sentinel is reporting the following error:

    Failure Predicted - Attribute: 177 Wear Leveling Count

    I've read about it and it seems WLC is not really reliable for SSDs and we should not worry about it, is this true, or will my SSD fail soon? Its an old Samsung PM800 model, about 4 years old.
     
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    I would also backup everything just to be on the safe side.
     
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    I ran CrystalDiskInfo, shows no issues and here is a screenshot from SSD life:

    ssd-life.png

    Also no issues. I guess its just lame windows and sentinel thats showing the error.
    But just to be on the safe side, I've backed up everything. I guess I will ignore windows popus and wait for a real failure.
     
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    Try running HD Sentinel as a DOS tool, such as from Hiren's Boot CD. Also, did you run the latest version or a previous version (latest being 4.30).
     
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