Samsung Magician Software is a powerful bit of software designed for Samsung's range of internal SSDs, external SSDs, memory cards, and USB flash drives. In addition to providing real-time stat on ...

Luckily, there are a few ways to monitor your SSD’s health using SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) built into storage devices and software utilities that interface with it.

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I have an older Dell Inspiron 1750 laptop. I replaced its original spinning HDD with a brand new Samsung SSD 850 EVO drive, that was advertised as supporting hardware encryption. So now I'm trying to ...

If you own a Samsung 990 Pro SSD, be on the lookout for a firmware update. Even if you're not experiencing any issues at the moment, you should apply the future firmware update when available anyway, ...

A hot potato: Solid-state drives can only write a limited amount of data throughout their lifespans, signified by each drive's "health." A worrying number of recent reports have emerged of Samsung's ...

So I wanted to enhance performance on the new Lenovo x230 laptop. It came with a 500GB HDD. I decided a Samsung 840 - 250 GB SSD would be a good upgrade for speed, battery life and cooler temps. I had ...