SSD Drive Read Errors

Question

My laptop has a Kimtigo SSD 512GB hard drive. It is divided into 2 partitions. Windows 10 operating system is on the C: partition. All data is stored on the other F: partition. I have good backups of both partitions that are about 6 weeks old. When I attempted to back up (differentially) the F partition today, I get 30 read errors. ScanDisk shows no errors. If this was a spinning hard drive, I would do a surface check.

I will be replacing the drive as soon as I can get one on order. I will probably upgrade to 1 TB SSD drive

Is there a good program to check a SSD drive?

Should I clone the old drive to the new drive or is it better to do a full reinstallation of Windows 10? My laptop will not support Windows 11.

All thoughts and comments are welcome.

joebedford · Answer

Crystaldiskinfo gives all the "smart" parameters so you can see how sick your drive thinks it is.

Personally I think that if you don't have a lot programs that won't get transferred over, it's better to do a clean installation, otherwise clone.

If you can, it can be useful to keep the failing drive on your PC. If it's a desktop, use another SATA port. If it's a laptop like mine, use an external box with USB connection. The one I use is:

https://www.amazon.ca/Sabrent-Tool-free-Enclosure-Optimized-EC-UASP/dp/B00OJ3UJ2S/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1QFGMG79XKZW3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZSO69-XifHa2fVZLL-2U-_c9GhnGFIU71cTP9SE0TEIh6eSoNo4V2Vix7mnT-XKZapLSRrpY9ZgvP-rAMiE4JGtkFZpDePkubpQ23mrk8nMWzOy9Gl52DBFCo_ijtZQyusJ1b7la_r5h07ni7y8pfsvQT8Ul4vZCyqf0hN55fn9_r6HBQzC-VjHLX2rPx0pDyPuOzmiwLyRZ6lZcRkxvA88cd0XSiKRAzKQZWAQWra3xeqwlH-pWwkcBjIxGASKu6AoehSSUw8iApsKSQXLzCGEpF8F_vbupdrL8iqmyi2A.5JdU6VrXRdG8iWFCLsgSqW71ZNMnO3HxjJ72XLxPvTo&dib_tag=se&keywords=sabrent+ssd+enclosure&qid=1718723409&rnid=5264023011&s=electronics&sprefix=sabrent+ssd+enclosure%2Caps%2C133&sr=1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

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