Tag Archives: SSD

Backblaze Drive Status-Report 2021: SSD probably as reliable as HDDs

Posted on 2022-03-07 by guenni

[German]Solid state disks (SSDs) are just as reliable as hard disks (HDDs). That's the insight in a nutshell from cloud provider Backblaze's 2021 Drive Status Report. The provider has been using SSDs since Q4 2018 and had the number of … Continue reading →

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Does Update KB4571756 fixes the SSD defrag bug in Windows 10 V2004?

Posted on 2020-09-09 by guenni

[German]In Windows 10 version 2004 there is the problem that SSD drives were optimized unnecessarily often by the Windows defragmentation. It looks like the cumulative update KB4571756 fixes this issue. Can anyone else confirm this? Advertising

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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Fail: Samsung Magician, Windows and old SSDs …

Posted on 2020-07-21 by guenni

[German]Hot topic – Samsung SSDs and the tool provided by the manufacturer Samsung Magician. As it looks, users are running into the problem that older SSDs are no longer supported by the Samsung Magician. Advertising

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HPE warns again about possible SSD failures (March 2020)

Posted on 2020-03-25 by guenni

[German]Manufacturer HPE warns again of a problem with its SSDs for server storage systems (SSDs). A software bug in the firmware can cause the server storage systems to fail after 40,000 hours. A firmware update is available. Advertising

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Windows 10 V1803: Update KB4100403 (with SSD fix)

Posted on 2018-05-24 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released a new cumulative update KB4100403 for Windows 10 version 1803 (April update) as of May 23, 2018. The update is also intended to fix problems when using SSDs in conjunction with the NVMe interface. Advertising

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Windows 10 V1803: Rollout stopped for Intel SSDs

Posted on 2018-05-10 by guenni

[German]Owners of Windows 10 systems with Intel SSDs have to wait for the upgrade for Windows 10 April Update. Microsoft has stopped the rollout due to compatibility issues for such systems. Advertising

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