The SSD Endurance Experiment... (they're all dead now)

I would ever use these for backup. I have a Dropbox account on every computer. Keep all person files except for iTunes there. I do think it's a good idea after you buy a new computer to take an image of the drive that way if you never need to change computers you could just replicate the drive from the image. Dropbox provides real-time back up.

 

How do you get those stats?

 

Google, the Tool/Software for what ever make of SSD you've got.

 

the software that comes with the samsung ssds lets you very easily transfer the image from an old ssd to new one regardless of size

i've read that the newer drives have much less life expactency than the old ones. i'm still running a 30 gig drive from 6 years ago every day. i have a number of other drives which are still all working well in various machines (samsung, ocx, intel and sandisk)

 

You'll have to install XP over your new installed Drive if your changing it to a new PC for it to work out all the motherboard drivers and the like.

Loved XP, Win 7 is nearly as good, Win 8 hateful ofcourse so no point going there.

 

I would prioritize a graceful shutdown as a more important factor than longevity. I want the drive to alert me when it detects any problems and give me an opportunity to backup & replace it to avoid data loss. It seems like the Intel SSD performed well on this criterion even if it didn't last as long as the others.

 

Robert:
There are a few programs around that use the SSD's (or HD's) embedded serial number to control program use. So you may have to reinstall (or re-register) those programs.

Jack

 

Thx

 

True, but newer drives are usually warranted for 150-200TB of writes... and endurance tests show they can and usually do run for a multiple of the warranted amount.

If you're a "normal" user, odds are you wouldn't wear out even a newer one in 10 years.

 

Being a paranoiac* at heart I have my primary SSD backed up to a secondary SSD daily and to an old-style spinning HDD weekly by Casper. Additionally I have continuous backup of all data to the cloud (my offsite option) with BackBlaze. Nothing to do, nothing to forget.

*I have had enough HDD's die over the years to be somewhat paranoid, trust me.