#WHAT DOES CRYSTALDISKINFO DO PORTABLE#
PS: i believe that re-allocated sector count and media wearout indicator are not resetable by any simple method, they are the drive signature. The first time the Portable version of CrystalDiskInfo is launched it will create a new file called DiskInfo.ini where any settings changes you make in the. I'd like to know your experience about this subject. Unknown 'Buffer Size' The field of buffer size supports maximum 32 MB and this filed is obsolete. Strange 'Power on Hours' A part of Maxtor HDD could count only 65535 minuites (about 1092 hours). That has been my experience with ssd durability so far, so i would not be worried with the 99% your drive has. CrystalDiskInfo reports 'Caution' or 'Bad' See also Health Status. This drive has endured much experimentation, BSOD's, OS installations, HDDerase's and similar things.Īlso, i observed that the "bad sectors" increased from 0 to 7 after "enhanced Hdderase", "full format" and some BSOD.ĭespite this rough treatment the drive is 99% good, whatever this means:Īlso, i dont know why the "unsafe shutdown count" is so high if my computer does not have the cold bug and everything runs ok. Use the Normalized value for ths attribute". "Once the normalized value reaches 1, the number will not decrease, although it is likely that significant additional wear can be put on the device. The above estimative was based on what the Toolbox user guide says: The "Media Wearout Indicator" has decreased 2 units since that date, so until it goes to "0", i have aprox. Until now there is little information about real SSD durability (most is manufacturer info), but i did some very crude calculations based in the above smart data: NVMe M.2 SSD, hard drives, external drives, SD cards, thumb drives.if it. It was installed on the 15/08, and since then it is working (hard) at least 10 hours a day. CrystalDiskMark is the go to software for testing the speed of any storage device.