Before attempting any fixes, prioritize backing up your important files and data. You may simply copy the data to an external hard drive. The SMART status bad backup ...

Intel issued on Wednesday a firmware upgrade that fixes a bug that caused its SSD 320 SSDs (solid-state drives) to crash and lose data, months after the issue first came to light. The firmware update ...

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Chip-maker Intel has promised to supply a fix for a recently released firmware update, which once applied, bricked certain users’ solid-state drives (SSD). Updating promised to make the X25-M series ...

If there are multiple drives installed in the computer, then it can create confusion as to which drive has a Bootloader. This scenario usually happens when Master Boot Record is on the wrong drive.

An issue has been plaguing some Windows 11 users where NVMe drives might be running slower than expected, but Microsoft has now acknowledged the problem and issued a fix. As part of the latest Windows ...