no it's not normal afaik. what's your ssd model?

oh. you should do that, especially when you use the same drive for many years without doing anything low-level like formatting. use their tool crucial executive to do a secure wipe or reset. (there is no need to do many times; just when you really need it)

actually i always wipe my ssds when i do a fresh os install. (about every six months once) don't worry about its so-called 'limited' life span. for instance, i have done the same many times with my os drive in aw18 for years (old samsung sm841 512gb), and now its health is still at 98%.

97% healthy, but it's labelled bad? did this 'bad' status appear before you deleted partitions?

no wonder. did you ever upgrade its firmware before? crucial m4 had issues when it was still a mainstream and one of the favorites among us. however i thought some of the more issues have been taken care of with firmware updates. from the total nand writes, it hardly reaches 20TB written. (so imo 97% is a correct reading) the 'bad' status might indicate there are other parts that are failing, maybe not related to nand.

at this point, you can try to reset it with crucial storage executive, but please note that it might not work as expected anymore.

edit: if you haven't updated its firmware, try to give it a go first. again, it might not work as expected, and it might make it a brick permanently. nevermind, your ssd is running its latest firmware. the more probable chance to get it right might be a reset/secure erase.

about read state error, i have no idea tbh. when i checked the ssd compatibility with crystal diskinfo, it has a note about crucial m4; but not sure if the firmware fixed the issue, https://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDi...fo/index-e.html

from the video at crucial storage exec site, it should be called 'sanitize drive', http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-storage-executive

however, it seemed that m4 is still not supported. so i found this, https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/807506-erasing-an-ssd

yes try to resurrect it if possible. it's too bad that it fails so early; it still have plenty of nand writes.

for now, imo samsung 850 evo is still considered one of the good drives, coupled with its longer warranty support. there is another one from crucial called bx300. however due to uncertainty regarding local distributionship, warranty might be an issue unless you're willing to go directly to crucial.com

that might be the case. things like frequent bsod/freezes are actually bad for our systems in general, so it's best to get rid of them asap to prevent even more damages to other components.

for your new pc, i really suggest you get a new ssd for at least os drive, and convert the old ssd into external storage. it's really not good for your system.

Agree, better to use new SSD for your OS

the second choice for me is kingston hyperx fury. however it's just few ringgit cheaper than 850evo. (few ringgit vs. additional 2-year warranty for a new ssd)

for sandisk drives, i never use one sorry. (even if i do, i choose extreme pro; pricing wise it's not ideal for your budget)

you should scout garage sales for more options also.

.. that's really bad :/ good luck hunting man

good for you

hopefully all are good for you after this. i recommend 850 evo because here we have several machines running on it. never had issues before. (about 2+ years already; it's the same for kingston hyperx fury)

yes i do. usually 15% for normal usage; at least 20% for work purposes. op is useful when the user-accessible capacity is almost full.

op helps maintaining speed/performance of ssd, since its controller can have direct access to confirmed unallocated space for its tasks, instead of spending more time to free up space for same tasks. it also helps to reduce write amplifications.

Just get a new SSD - the real world difference between NVMe M.2 and regular SATA are indistinguishable to say the least, and not worth doing a clean install + data migration anyway