Updating the SSD firmware

[johnwhelan]

A recent win 11 update appeared to give some SSDs problems. One of the things identified was Microsoft had tested the SSDs but with the latest SSD firmware. If your SSD is Crucial or Samsung they have software that will manage an SSD and update the firmware on their own brand if required. It might be worth doing. I had a Samsung T5 that needed updating and a Crucial internal drive I'd forgotten I had that need updating. Fortunately my external Crucial drives were fine.

I understand Sandisk and WD also have a tool for updating SSD firmware.

Cheerio John

 

[WestSideRailways]

Samsung Magician for their SSDs.

 

[JCitron]

SanDisk has an application called "Dashboard" for their SSDs.

My NVME drive and SATA SSD are fine. There were no updates available, probably because they're both quite old but have plenty of life to them left.