Can't say I am impressed

[Gasman]

Installed a Crucial 2TB SSD about 2 years ago in this laptop.
Not heavily used anymore, as now retired.

Due to this Windows/SSD issue, which apparently is due to a certain firmware, I went into Crucial Storage Executive to check my firmware.

Then I see this. :-(

My 2TB hard disk, much older

I will be going back to hard disks.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Is "Crucial Storage Executive" a Windows feature or a commercial package? I would have LOVED to have had it or known about it a year ago when my SSD died on me, and it was the second SSD to do so.

The first one died within a month of purchase and was inside the 90 day warranty, so my replacement drive was free. Its replacement lasted only about 4-5 years and just DIED on me, except it died raggedly. It did a Windows Recovery and resurrected itself, which gave me time to work.

I made backups of my crucial storage areas and took other precautions, but then I started to get all sorts of other errors - like telling me I was having a controller error on my disk, which was absurd because it was responding correctly to diagnostics. I knew I had to replace the SSD and was looking around for a decent gaming machine, but then the moment came when the system fan died - and that was the death knell. Once the system fan stops, your CPU chip burns to a crisp that make Doritos jealous.

I'm not going to say that the SSD was the cause of the other failures because it WAS an old machine - it had given me 15 really good years ... but my replacement gaming machine came with SSD only so I made sure I had a 2TB HDD added to the mix. Then I used the Windows feature that lets me move the "special" folders - My Documents, My Pictures, etc. - and I immediately moved everything to the HDD.

 

[Gasman]

It is a free download from Crucial.
It does recognise the hard disk as well, so might work on all storage devices?

It is only pure chance that I went into it, as it was just to check the firmware.

Just ordered. 2TB Seagate HD, same model as the other one I have in the laptop