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This wikiHow teaches you how to check the health of your solid-state drive (SSD) on a Windows or Mac computer. On Windows, you can check SSD health using a third-party application, and on Mac we will use the built-in disk utility.
Steps
On Windows
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Go to https://crystalmark.info using a web browser. On a commonly used web browser, visit the CrystalMark website to see an SSD health check application.
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Click on CrystalDiskInfo Standard Edition . This is the first option below the “Quick Download” heading. You will be redirected to the download page and the process will start automatically. If the file doesn’t download itself, click the blue “CrystalDiskInfo7_5_2.exe” link in the middle of the page.
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Open the installation file. Double-click the file you just downloaded to start the installation program. The full file name will be “CrystalDiskInfo7_5_2.exe”.
- Downloaded files are usually located in the “Downloads” folder by default.
- Click YES to allow the installation file to make changes to the computer when prompted.
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Select “I accept the agreement”, then click Next . If you want, you can read the license agreement and then click the radio button next to “I accept the agreement”. Click “Next” when you are ready to continue.
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Click Next . CrystalDiskInfo will begin the installation to the default directory shown in the text field. If you want to change the installation location, you can click Browse and choose another folder.
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Click Next . A folder will be created in the Start menu. You can change the default name in the text field if you want to rename this folder in the Start menu.
- You can also click the “Don’t create a Start Menu fpder” check box if you don’t want to add the folder to the Start menu.
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Check or uncheck the “Create desktop shortcut” box and click Next . The shortcut icon will be created on the desktop. If you do not want to create a shortcut on the desktop, you can uncheck the box above and click “Next”.
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Click Install . The installation will begin and take no more than a minute.
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Launch CrystalDiskInfo. When the installation of CrystalDiskInfo has just finished, you need to make sure that the “Launch CrystalDiskInfo” box is checked, then click Finish to launch the application. Otherwise, you can double-click the application shortcut on the desktop or in the software’s installation directory.
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Select the drive. All drives installed on the computer will be listed above the application. Click on the SSD under the “Health Status” heading for which you want to check its health and assess its status. A good rating will show as “Good” along with a health percentage, up to a maximum of 100%.
- If the health status is “Caution” it means that the SSD is likely damaged in some areas, the drive is old and possibly failed.
On Mac
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Open a Finder window
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. The app has a blue and white smiley face, located at the bottom left of the Mac’s Dock. A new Finder window will appear allowing you to explore your Mac.
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Click Applications in the left column of the Finder window.
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Double-click the Utilities folder. This blue folder is near the bottom of the page with a wrench and screwdriver icon inside.
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Double-click Disk Utility . This app has a hard drive icon with a stethoscope. Information about the drive you have installed on your Mac will appear.
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Select the SSD drive. All the drives that you have installed will be listed in the left sidebar. Click the drive to select it.
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Click First Aid . This card is at the top of the screen with a stethoscope icon. A dialog box will pop up asking if you want to launch First Aid on the drive.
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Click the Run button in the lower-right corner of the pop-up window.
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Click Continue . If you are running First Aid on the boot disk, the startup sound will temporarily freeze, and other applications will also become unresponsive until the process completes.
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Click Show Details . A report of the problem (if any) detected on the drive will appear. The message with red letters indicates a problem with the drive. The final message will let you know if the SSD needs to be repaired.
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Click Done . This blue button is in the lower-right corner of the First Aid overview window. The First Aid window that pops up on the Disk Utility application will close.
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