Most Common Reasons for Solid State Drive Failures

As compared to Hard Drive, Solid State Drive (SSD) is safe from mechanical issues. But it still can fail. Now we will discuss most common factors causing Solid State Drive failure.

The main difference between HDD and SSD is that SSD has no moving parts, which are vulnerable. So SSD is safe from mechanical issues and is very much faster than the normal hard disk drive. But it does not mean that the Solid state drive is flawless. It still can corrupt, fail or damage and then cause data loss. Therefore if you are using SSD for data storage you should need to backup your data regularly. Which will help you later if your data get lost.

Data Corruption

Apart from the mechanical issues, SSD can suffer logical issues, such as data corruption in it. For an example, your data may get corrupted due to malware, viruses, or bad sectors in the drive. In this type of scenario data corruption will damage some segment of the SSD and because of this, it would lead to data loss.

Power Issues

Apart from the hard disk drive, SSD significantly relies on power in that it is completely made up of electronics. Later, if a solid state drive suffers from power issues like power surges or power outages, the SSD will get into the danger of short circuits, which can harm your data.

Firmware Upgrade failure

Solid state drive may be required to update its firmware because of its better performance. So if you’re upgrading your Solid State drive at that time you should alert. Else, if your SSD firmware upgrade is interrupted or fails for other reasons, the SSD will suffer and it will stop working promptly.

Drive Damage from External Factors

There are many external reasons that can cause SSD failures. But the topmost is water and heavy impact. As compared to the traditional hard disk drive, SSD is also vulnerable to such damages. If you knock the drive heavily, the consequences will be quite terrible. If you accidentally drop water or any other liquids on the Solid state drive, its components will surely damage.

As we all know SSD doesn’t have any moving parts, which are vulnerable, it still can suffer from physical faults with its mechanisms. Most of the Solid State Drive comes from the manufacturer’s faults because of its poor quality, such as with cheap manufactured in the soldered parts, its connections will be more vulnerable to get oxidized or it will be more susceptible to break. These factors result in electronic failures in the SSD which leads to SSD drive failures.