Thread: SSD confusion
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Old 12-04-2023, 09:15   #4
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Re: SSD confusion

Bear in mind that many SSDs will have over provisioning built in. This is a few extra percent of storage above what is stated on the label. If your drive is starting to wear, the firmware notes this and will try and use this headspace instead of bad regions of the drive.

If this does happen, CHKDSK will not see it as that headspace is hidden from the operating system. Eventually, the headspace will run out and that’s when the drive diagnostics software such as Samsung Magician will start to complain
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