Luckily, there are a few ways to monitor your SSD’s health using SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) built into storage devices and software utilities that interface with it.

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Before accepting that "Failed" SMART reading, check the read/write values of your drive on the report. If you've got a 512GB ...

Abstract: Ensuring the reliability of AUTOSAR software components in safety-critical automotive applications demands rigorous fault injection and diagnostic verification strategies. This paper ...

OBDwiz is a powerful yet user-friendly OBD2 diagnostic program for Windows. It allows users to read and clear diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs), monitor real-time engine data, create customizable ...

A rash of SSD failures have prompted some users to blame a recent Windows Update. Microsoft insist the problem is not its fault.

Microsoft has found no link between the August 2025 KB5063878 security update and customer reports of failure and data corruption issues affecting solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) ...