{"id":43664,"date":"2023-02-05T16:46:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T16:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43664"},"modified":"2023-02-05T16:46:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T16:46:46","slug":"check-ssd-health-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/check-ssd-health-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check your SSD health in Ubuntu 22.04 \/ Linux Mint 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disk-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-43665\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disk-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disk-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disk-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disk-icon-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disk-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disk-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This simple tutorial shows how to easily check your SSD health in Ubuntu and\/or Linux Mint desktop.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been running Ubuntu Linux on my old laptop for about 7 years. Everything works well, but it recently refuses to boot sometimes when pressing on the physical power button. Not sure what&#8217;s the problem, but I guess it&#8217;s something to do the data reading issue from SSD drive.<\/p>\n<p>In Windows 10, I prefer to use CrystalDiskInfo which is super easy to understand for beginners. For Linux, there&#8217;s a tool GSmartControl available for choice.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First, the tool is available in most Linux&#8217;s system repositories. User can just search for and install it from system package manager. For Ubuntu, it&#8217;s available to install via Ubuntu Software app:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/install-gsmarcontrol.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43666\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/install-gsmarcontrol-600x353.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/install-gsmarcontrol-600x353.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/install-gsmarcontrol-300x176.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/install-gsmarcontrol-768x452.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/install-gsmarcontrol.webp 966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those familiar with Linux command can run a single command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to install it:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install gsmartcontrol<\/pre>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> After that, search for and launch it from start menu (or Activities overview). It will list your SSD drive in the app window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/gsmartcontrol.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43667\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/gsmartcontrol.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/gsmartcontrol.webp 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/gsmartcontrol-300x261.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By double-clicking on the disk icon or go menu &#8220;Device -&gt; View Details&#8221; will open the information dialog that you need.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/diskinfo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43669\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/diskinfo-600x369.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/diskinfo-600x369.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/diskinfo-300x185.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/diskinfo-768x473.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/diskinfo.webp 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Things are not so easy to read for beginners. But it will highlight something that is not going well with <strong>red text font or background<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>By moving mouse cursor over any item in the app window, there will be a tool-tip pop-over that explain with detailed information. As the screenshot below shows, it shows you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>power-on time.<\/li>\n<li>total disk read and write.<\/li>\n<li>read error rate.<\/li>\n<li>temperature and other information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ssd-prefailure.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43671\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ssd-prefailure-600x369.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ssd-prefailure-600x369.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ssd-prefailure-300x185.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ssd-prefailure-768x473.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ssd-prefailure.webp 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those prefer a percentage value of the device life, go &#8220;Statistics&#8221; tab and check the value of Percentage Used Endurance Indicator. In my case as the screenshot shows, there should be still 93% left.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/statics.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43672\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/statics-600x369.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/statics-600x369.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/statics-300x185.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/statics-768x473.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/statics.webp 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And you can click on &#8220;View Output&#8221; button to view all the info as text, copy and paste them into online forums to ask for help! Or, run a &#8220;Self-Tests&#8221; manually to see if there&#8217;s any error.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial shows how to easily check your SSD health in Ubuntu and\/or Linux Mint desktop. I&#8217;ve been running Ubuntu Linux on my old laptop for about 7 years. Everything works well, but it recently refuses to boot sometimes when pressing on the physical power button. Not sure what&#8217;s the problem, but I guess [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[356],"class_list":["post-43664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-disk"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}