Since external SSDs behave differently from traditional HDDs , there are a few different recommendations on how to use and prolong the lifetime of your drive. For example, if you want to assess its health and endurance, youll need to use third party tools, like CrystalDiskInfo for Windows or DriveDx for macOS. These programs can read the drive SMART attributes, monitor total bytes written, spare blocks availability, temperature history, and overall percentage of remaining drive life. With this...
