Chaps, it's a SanDisk 240MB, which is suspicious regarding your comments! I just went up to MSY and got a replacement, a Kingston this time, not another SanDisk.
The shop guy said they'll send the SSD back to be analysed and either repaired or replaced. I told him it was my C: drive so I'll have to reinstall before I can give him the old one. After reading some technical stuff on SSDs several weeks ago and how they work and wear-levelling and the like I became a bit worried and moved the swap file to a HDD in an attempt to cut down the writes. It's actually a bit worrying how SSDs work when you look into them. If the C: drive can stay on life support until the weekend I'll be happy. Luckily the main work I'm on at the moment is inside a VM on a HDD D: drive. *Greg* On 25 March 2014 14:50, <ben.robb...@jlta.com.au> wrote: > My guess is a drive based on a SandForce controller. > > > > You’ve described the symptoms I had before my SandForce SDD died a couple > of years ago. I was going to replace it with a newer SandForce drive until > I Googled a bit and then opted to go with an Intel 510 which used a Marvell > controller and have had no problems with it. > > > > I’d back up everything you want to keep that is on that drive ASAP. > > > Ben > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *GregAtGregLowDotCom > *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 March 2014 11:26 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD > > > > Hi Greg, > > > > Always horrible to hear that. What sort of drive was it? > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Dr Greg Low > > > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 > fax > > SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 March 2014 2:00 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD > > > > Folks, I have a warning post: > > > > Since I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an SSD as Xmas I've been suspicious > of how one time in 20 it will stop and say "Bad boot drive" and I have to > power off and on again and then it always starts okay. No other symptoms > have been observed. > > > > Well today, I was shutting down my PC when it blue screened on the way > down, it said SERVICE_EXCEPTION. Just to be safe I rebooted it normally to > check it was okay. > > > > First problem. IE 32-bit shortcut says it's invalid, but I can see the > iexplore.exe in the correct place. Double-clicking it does nothing. The > 64-bit iexplore.exe tells me "The file or directory is corrupted and > unreadable." Then I notice most of my Start menu All Programs are gone. The > Administrative Tools menu is empty. I searched for an hour but none of the > advice is relevant or useful. Last known good config recover did nothing. I > even thought I had a virus, but found no evidence. > > > > Finally I did a chkdsk C: /F and rebooted and I saw about 20 repairs > (including iexplore.exe) and now it seems to be back to normal. However I > suspect the SSD is about to die unpredictably and all of my mysterious > symptoms were side effects. I'm just posting this in case it might be > useful for someone in a similar situation. > > > > Now I'm going to the shops to get a new SSD and psych myself up for a > possible Windows reinstall over the whole weekend. At Xmas it took 4 x 12 > hour days to get to a satisfactory working state. > > > > *Greg K* > > This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information it > contains > may be confidential or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended > recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of this email, > disclose its > contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you > have > received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and > delete the > message from your computer. > >
