Reply to post: Re: SSD Failure Warning: Only Fair

Windows 10 to let you know that your SSD is dying rather than throwing out a BSOD when it's already too late

the Kris

Re: SSD Failure Warning: Only Fair

"it is only there if you need it"

That should be the case. Unfortunately Windows will proactively swap pages of memory to the pagefile when those pages haven't been accessed for x time. Even before there is any memory pressure, "just in case you need it".

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