Illustration of an SSD drive with a health gauge showing most of its life remaining, beside a Windows laptop

Is Windows 11 Wearing Out Your SSD? The Honest Answer

Every few months a headline claims Windows 11 is quietly “killing” your SSD. One recent example is an XDA Developers piece on default settings that wear drives. With SSD prices rising, it is a fair worry. We went through the original article and the wider research to separate what is real from what is noise.

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