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As SSDs gradually replace mechanical hard drives, there are more and more questions about SSDs. Some people say that SSDs are easy to poison, have a short lifespan, and need 4K resolution. leveling, etc. The use of SSDs is very difficult.

Mistake 1: It's easy to get poisoned

There are rumors that SSDs have loopholes that allow others to take control of system, thereby exposing personal privacy and installing various programs. Data can be leaked even when computer is not turned on. In fact, this rumor is clearly too false.

Firstly, an SSD cannot operate without power or electricity, let alone access data. Secondly, it needs a CPU to read data from an SSD, and a certain program is needed to control the CPU, and these programs will not run automatically if you do not run them, even if they are viruses, they will generally be antivirus software checks. Although an Intel processor vulnerability was recently discovered, according to official sources, no one has exploited this vulnerability. Currently, companies such as Intel, AMD, and Microsoft have also released their respective patches to fix these issues.

Error 2: Must select M.2

If it's a desktop computer, most of them have a SATA3.0 interface. While many M.2 SSDs read and write speeds several times faster than SATA, older motherboards don't have an M.2 interface. , so you still need to use a SATA SSD.

In an M.2 SSD, it can be divided into a SATA channel and a PCI-E channel. If you use an M.2 SSD with a SATA link, performance is actually same as a SATA SSD, but price is lower, higher. Although an NVMe-enabled M.2 SSD has much faster read and write speeds than SATA SSDs, in terms of actual usage experience, there is no rushing: with intensive reads and writes, speed is only 50% advantage in performance, but price is much higher.

So if you want to choose an SSD that is also economical, a SATA SSD is your best bet.

Mistake 3: Setting 4K, TRIM, AHCI

Some newbies think SSDs are a hassle, like 4K alignment, TRIM, AHCI, etc. They don't understand anything at all. In fact, you don't need to worry about it at all. HDD mode of latest motherboards usually enable AHCI by default and some only have AHCI and most operating systems also enable TRIM so don't worry about that. As for 4K alignment, it is also very simple. If you use original system to install, it will use default 4K alignment when splitting, and if you use flash drive to install GHOST system, then we can also use it in PE tool to Partitioning DiskGenius performs 4K alignment operations on hard drive.

Mistake 4: short life

Many people think that since SSDs are more expensive, they must be easily damaged and have a short lifespan. In fact, they think too much. There are always people who think that they should put as few files, format, etc. on SSDs as possible in order to reduce erase time, extending life of SSD. This approach is completely unnecessary, formatting a hard drive is not a complete erasure, but simply overwriting some small areas, which does not affect erasing and writing of life of SSD at all.

For example, if you frequently use your SSD to store files, cache, etc. for reads and writes based on 100 GB, if SSD can only be erased and written to 1,500 times, how long can it last? use? Answer: 480/100+1500=7200 days, about 20 years.