Solid state drive (SSD)

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  You need these hacks to stop your SSD from dying prematurely

  makeuseof.com - Yasir Mahmood

  Solid-state drives (SSDs) are significantly more reliable than traditional hard drives, but they still have a finite lifespan that many people don't …

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  Drive partitions are pointless on modern storage: Here's why

  makeuseof.com - Yasir Mahmood

  Years ago, partitioning your hard drive was a smart way to organize files and simplify OS reinstalls. However, with advances in storage technology …

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  5 signs your SSD is failing that people mistake for Windows being slow

  makeuseof.com - Oluwademilade Afolabi

  When Windows starts dragging, my SSD usually gets a pass for a while. I’ll open Task Manager, see what’s chewing through memory, check the startup …

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  The handheld gaming boom accidentally created the cheapest SSDs on Earth (for now)

  makeuseof.com - Amir Bohlooli

  Buying an SSD has been painful for a while now. Prices are climbing, cheap capacities are disappearing, and even Valve recently blamed rising memory …

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  My leftover NVMe became the portable SSD I almost paid for

  makeuseof.com - Tashreef Shareef

  When I decided to upgrade my existing Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250 GB to a 1TB NVMe drive, I got myself an SSD enclosure to clone the drive. But I still …

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  Android phones slow down past a storage threshold nobody talks about, and mine was way past it

  makeuseof.com - Gavin Phillips

  Keep 10 percent of your storage free. It's the Android storage mantra that's been repeated for years, passed around almost like folk wisdom. It's not …