Even the best-made storage drives will stop working one day, even if you take good care of them. Yes, it’s true that hard drives and SSD don’t last forever. Unlike hard drives that give audible warning signs that they’re on their last legs, SSDs can fail at a moment’s notice without any kind of overt sign.

Sometimes you can notice the signs of a failing SSD. For instance, the once-quick transfer speed slows to crawl, there are frequent program or system crashes, or file system access errors or SMART errors occur. If you notice these things, especially in combination, there’s a good chance your SSD is on its way out. In that case, it’s time to prepare for the worst and do the following:

Back up critical files

It goes without saying that the first thing you’ll want to do if you think your

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