This post discusses what to do if your SSD is freezing Windows 11 and showing 100% usage. A few users have been experiencing a persistent issue where their computer’s disk usage spikes up to 100% with ...

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.

When updating a piece of software as large and complex and old as Windows, you're inevitably going to break something every once in a while. Microsoft tracks known issues here—generally they affect ...

Before updating your SSD firmware, you are advised to back up your most crucial data. This will keep your data safe in case something goes wrong. Find your SSD manufacturer name and model number. To ...

What happens when a routine security patch cripples both your data recovery tools and, in some cases, the very storage hardware they’re meant to protect? That’s the question facing Windows users this ...

To paraphrase Fox Mulder, trust no self-encrypting SSD. As of the latest Windows 10 update, Microsoft’s BitLocker encryption tool that’s built into Pro and Enterprise versions will no longer assume ...