Think your hard drive might be failing? Here's how to test your SSD or HDD and catch problems early.

Any hard drive is bound to fail eventually. We show you how to check a drive's health, using SMART, chkdsk, and other tools at your disposal.

When it comes to storing data on your PC, you essentially have two options: a traditional Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a Solid State Drive (SSD). Both store your operating system, apps, games, and ...

It’s a much more elegant solution than trying to process a multi-gigabyte update while I also need to use my hard drive for, you know, regular stuff. I still want that $200+ SSD, though.

Checking the lifespan of your SSD on Windows 11/10 is quite easy. Use the command line or these free tools to check your SSD Health.

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Your hard drive hasn't been acting the same lately. It's starting to make clicking or screeching noises, it can't seem to find your files, and it's moving really slowly.