Y-Phil posted at 6:31AM Fri, 13 August 2021 - #4425178

hornet3d posted at 1:29AM Fri, 13 August 2021 - #4425159

I approach every Windows update with a sense of dread, particularly after I have had a M2 SSD, which was the C drive, die during one update. Not saying it died due to Windows 10 update but a real coincidence. I always use the update and restart option at a point where I have some free times so I can do a sanity check on Poser and my financial program to make sure they both work and try and repair if needed. I would much rather do this than do a update and shutdown only do discover later I have major problems.

I almost ran into this kind of problems: I changed my C drive less than 2 months ago. During the process of moving windows onto a new nvme ssd drive, the program discovered that the old ssd started to have bad blocks. If I'm not wrong, an ssd starting with bad blocks will more rapidly die.

The problem is that I had not respected my own rule: a drive, when used everyday or near everyday, should be changed between 2 and 3 years after the start. And the last had passed over that limit for 3 months.

Why 2 years? the official warranty in my country. It's only business.

I was lucky with my drive as the system had been built for me and I purchased an extended warranty which they honored and replaced the drive. I had not wanted to be without the my computer for the time it took to replace so I ordered a new one. When the replacement drive arrived I cloned it with the new, and now working, C drive. I theory at least I have that option if this new drive fails. I was surprised though as the drive that failed was a Samsung 970EvoPlus and it barely made it to two years.

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.