Do you have to replace your SSD? It's never fun when a storage device decides to play hide and seek, especially when it contains important files that you need, and Windows 11 can't recognize or detect ...

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.

Before starting, ensure the SSD, HDD, and Bootable media are properly plugged into your PC. Now, press the power key of your PC and long-press the designated button to open the BIOS. Select the ...

Intermittently, only on my data drive, a Samsung EVO 860 SATA SSD, I'm getting the error: "The semaphore timeout period has expired". I also sometimes get the error: "The specified I/O operation on ...

Microsoft’s BitLocker software encryption of for SSDs, which is activated by default in Windows 11 Pro, causes a massive reduction in the performance of storage drives. TomsHardware conducted ...