Advice Request At What TBW Percentage Do You Start Taking Action to Reduce Writes to the SSD as Much as Possible?

Please provide comments and solutions that are helpful to the author of this topic.
My Samsung 980 Pro 1TB SSD is a few years old & at 90% it really has some hammer, it has 3 partitions one being C:\ - one for data/portables & an images (I image C:\ several times weekly) so it really gets some use, the other SSD drive is a 4 TB WD & 99% as is really used for storage & image backups - If Mr Samsung gets upset I will replace it, I don't see that happening any-time soon though & I really don't worry about it, its a desk PC I built myself so a simple task - I have everything thats not necessary disabled mainly I don’t need things slowed down, I haven't used system restore for many years.

Partitions.jpg
 
Last edited:
  • Like
  • +Reputation
Reactions: stonjean633, rashmi, roger_m and 5 others
Sorrento said:
My Samsung 980 Pro 1TB SSD is a few years old & at 90% it really has some hammer, it has 3 partitions one being C:\ - one for data/portables & an images (I image C:\ several times weekly) so it really gets some use, the other SSD drive is a 4 TB WD & 99% as is really used for storage & image backups - If Mr Samsung gets upset I will replace it, I don't see that happening any-time soon though & I really don't worry about it, its a desk PC I built myself so a simple task - I have everything thats not necessary disabled mainly I don’t need things slowed down, I haven't used system restore for many years.

View attachment 291603
Click to expand...
I have no partitions; SSD for OS (only 100 MB system reserved partition) and HDD for data (categorized in folders, not partitions).
 
  • Like
Reactions: rashmi and Khushal
Partitioning used to be the done thing as in the past it had some advantages esp in reducing sector size but these things are now largely unnecessary, however I still use it because it gives a good dividing line between differing functions, plus when imaging C:\ I just do the OS not docs, pictures etc that some use, so its a 25 second job & my system does no harm & works for me very well- Other files are drag & drop or copy past done frequently. All this is personal choice absolutely.
 
  • Like
  • Applause
Reactions: stonjean633, rashmi, roger_m and 3 others
Sorrento said:
Partitioning used to be the done thing as in the past it had some advantages esp in reducing sector size but these things are now largely unnecessary, however I still use it because it gives a good dividing line between differing functions, plus when imaging C:\ I just do the OS not docs, pictures etc that some use, so its a 25 second job & my system does no harm & works for me very well- Other files are drag & drop or copy past done frequently. All this is personal choice absolutely.
Click to expand...
I do not prefer partioning as it wastes some space (not much of course) and changing partition size could carry some risk of losing data if something went wrong.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sorrento, stonjean633, rashmi and 1 other person
Parkinsond said:
Do not rely on SMART data or even surface scan; I had HDD failure less than hour after being checked with 100% health and performance and no bad sectors on surface scan.
Click to expand...
Hard drives sometimes suddenly die due to issues with the electronic components, rather than gradually failing due to developing bad sectors. However, if you keep your files backed up, you will be prepared for such failures. If an external hard drive suddenly dies, often the drive itself is fine, but the SATA to USB interface has failed. In such cases, you can remove the hard drive from the case and for example, use it with a hard drive caddy.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
  • Hundred Points
  • +Reputation
Reactions: Sorrento, stonjean633, rashmi and 1 other person
Parkinsond said:
Do not rely on SMART data or even surface scan; I had HDD failure less than hour after being checked with 100% health and performance and no bad sectors on surface scan.
Click to expand...
I will... Hard Disk Sentinel has indicated that my HDD system has had 100% performance and 87% health, with 87 days remaining, for the past 17 months... so, I WILL! 😛
 
  • Like
  • Wow
Reactions: lokamoka820, Sorrento, roger_m and 1 other person
Parkinsond said:
I have no partitions; SSD for OS (only 100 MB system reserved partition) and HDD for data (categorized in folders, not partitions).
Click to expand...
On a system with a single disk, partitioning helps keep stuff separate and organized. You can use a partition as the system's backup destination. Backup software will also finish faster and have a smaller file size comparatively.
 
  • Like
  • Hundred Points
Reactions: lokamoka820, Sorrento, Parkinsond and 2 others
I got 40GB ram on my Thinkpad and I turn off Page File. I use RAMDisk and also use Firefox and turn off browser cache on SSD and only use memory cache thru about:config

I do it for performance and not really for extending my SSD lifespan as the one that affect ssd health are the write of large files in TB.
 
  • Like
  • Applause
Reactions: lokamoka820, Sorrento, Parkinsond and 2 others
rashmi said:
On a system with a single disk, partitioning helps keep stuff separate and organized. You can use a partition as the system's backup destination. Backup software will also finish faster and have a smaller file size comparatively.
Click to expand...
The only reason to partition a disk is having only one disk for both OS and storage.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sorrento
Parkinsond said:
I do not prefer partioning as it wastes some space (not much of course) and changing partition size could carry some risk of losing data if something went wrong.
Click to expand...
Your drive is partitioned anyway when you install it to some degree with restore / fat32 etc on it, (and on most drives much more) I usually remove the restore partition as I don't use it (not for the faint-hearted) so any losses incurred by further partitions have already been regained, there are risks in partitioning but if its done in the beginning it for me doesn't need to be done again as I already know what want.
 
  • Like
  • +Reputation
Reactions: lokamoka820, Parkinsond and roger_m
Sorrento said:
My Samsung 980 Pro 1TB SSD is a few years old & at 90% it really has some hammer, it has 3 partitions one being C:\ - one for data/portables & an images (I image C:\ several times weekly) so it really gets some use, the other SSD drive is a 4 TB WD & 99% as is really used for storage & image backups - If Mr Samsung gets upset I will replace it, I don't see that happening any-time soon though & I really don't worry about it, its a desk PC I built myself so a simple task - I have everything thats not necessary disabled mainly I don’t need things slowed down, I haven't used system restore for many years.

View attachment 291603
Click to expand...
What parition utility used in the photo?
 

You may also like...