#WD SSD HEALTH CHECK FULL#
#WD SSD HEALTH CHECK SOFTWARE#

You may prefer using the free Macrium Reflect tool, which can create a system image or clone of the SSD to another storage drive such as an external hard disk drive, You would then use Macrium Reflect to create a boot DVD or flash drive that boots the system with the software that restores the system image or clone to the existing or a new SSD, You use it to make an exact clone of an existing drive so that you can restore the clone to a new drive, thereby restoring Windows as it was to the new drive from a boot medium, such as a DVD or flash drive, to which you copy the Acronis restoration software The additional software is Acronis True Image WD Edition.

#WD SSD HEALTH CHECK FULL#

Click on the image to view its full size.Ĭlick on the image above of the WD SSD Dashboard showing the Tools tab with its Additional Software option open, to view its full size. The Tools tab WD SSD Dashboard – Tools tab. This tab provides a shortcut to the Windows Performance Monitor. Personally, I prefer using the free CrystalDiskMark tool to find out if the SSD is operating at full speeds. The Performance tab provides the Performance Chart that gives live transfer speeds in MB/s and I/O counts per second readings. In the bottom right corner, there is a section with shortcuts to Windows Disk Management, the Device Manager and System Properties. Other useful information is the Drive Health of the SSD, its remaining life (100%), its temperature in degrees F and C – 93.2/34, The PCIe version – PCIe 3 x 4. The Status tab of the Dashboard provides quite a bit of information about the selected drive – the capacity of the drive, the used capacity and the free space. The WD SSD Dashboard tabs The Status tabĬlick on the image of the WD SSD Dashboard at the top of the page to view its full size. Note that WD SSDs use chips made by SanDisk, which, along with Samsung, make the best SSD chips. The Western Digital Dashboard’s software scans your computer for Western Digital and SanDisk M.2 NVMe and M.2 SATA SSDs. If you have an M.2 SSD made by another manufacturer, search its support page for the tools that it provides. However, you can visit the website for firmware updates for its M.2 SSDs. I could not find a similar control dashboard for Intel and Crucial M.2 SSDs. You use the Samsung Magician software that provides a similar dashboard for its SSDs. Then just double-click on the WesternDigitalSSDDashboardSetup.exe file to start the installation. Find it under Downloads on the Home page. WD SSD Dashboard Where to download the WD SSD Dashboard and the SSD dashboards of other SSD manufactures such as Samsungĭownload the current version of the Western Digital SSD Dashboard software from.

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