Laptop SSD Drive Lifespan - Should You Worry?

All about SSD memory types in your laptop or PC. I discuss endurance, TBW and DWPD lifespan figures and how to work out whether your SSD or M.2 NVMe drive is likely to fail on you over time.

00:00 - Introduction
00:16 - Is Your Drive Likely To Fail?
01:11 - Look at an M.2 NVMe Drive
02:09 - SLC, MLC, TLC & QLC Flash Memory
04:24 - Why Use Unreliable Memory?
05:02 - Write Cycle Figures of SSD Drives?
05:40 - How Data is Written to SSD Drives
06:48 - TBW & DWPD Explanation
08:24 - TBW Demonstration
09:26 - Finding Daily Usage on Your Drive
16:46 - SMART Data in Drive DX
18:34 - DWPD Demonstration
21:28 - Conclusion & Final Thoughts

Note: I'm not an expert in this field so I welcome any comments highlighting mistakes I have made. Equally, if you have learnt something from this video and enjoyed the explanation, please consider subscribing, give the video a thumbs up or just let me know in the comments. Thanks for watching.

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