How to Monitor Your Computer Storage Health

You couldn't have done without those Gigabytes, Terabytes or even Petabytes... of Hard Disk Drive(HDD) or Solid State Drive (SSD) storage on your computer!!!

They help you store those videos, music, pictures, documents and many other things you use them for. 

You need to care about the health of your computer storage device.

They do need some checkups too because they also have life span...

I recommend you use CrystalDiskInfo to monitor the health of your storage device.

 

Download CrystalDiskInfo.

I'll advise you download the zip file of the Standard version and extract it. Make sure you select the right architecture before you run the application. 

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The application will display the health and temperature of your HDD or SSD. It can as well display the health of an external HDD or SSD. You'll also see the number of times you've powered on your HDD or SSD and also the hours and days it has operated.

 If you see "Good" as the health of your storage media, then you can sit back and smile. If you see "Caution", get ready for a backup if you don't want to lose your work unexpectedly.

About the temperature: for a Hard disk drive and Solid State Drive, a good running temperature is between 30°C-40°C, though HDD's tend to have higher temperature than SSD's because they have moving parts. You might see between 25°C-29°C, it's still fine when you just switch on your system. 40°C-50°C is still okay especially when you're performing heavy tasks. 

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   When your HDD's or SSD's temperature begins to fall between 60°C-70°C, you should check your computer's cooling system for any issue. It might be that your CPU is running out of cooling paste and the heat is spreading to other components of the system (it's risky), or some other related issues with the cooling system. 

A high temperature will make your storage device experience frequent failures when it isn't brought under control.

Your environment may also determine your storage device's temperature. If you're in a hot environment, temperature will increase but don't expose your system to too much heat. Not only will high temperature affect your computer's storage device but also other component like the battery.

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