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Does windows update the firmware automatically? I may have a couple of these ssds but never thought to check firmware

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No but the Samsung Magician software will automatically tell you to update the firmware and do it for you.

that software is absolute garbage crapware

the disk "migrator" doesn't even bother with the difficulties of migrating in-use files

it either just skips them or corrupts them

I just use it to update the drive firmware and as a convenient way to check the SMART data for the drive. It doesn't use hardly any resources in the background so I don't worry about it that much.

Ah, for the 6 people in the world who have that?

You can just straight downlod the fw file in a Linux .iso > make a flash drive bootable and update https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/t...

heh, yeah I installed it just for the update and immediately uninstalled it.

Someone who buys an evo pro knows to install magician, at least to update the firmware for the first use, or so i hope - it would be like buying a high-end nvidia and using the drivers from windows update.

There's a difference between a GPU that gets new drivers every week (and essential to gaming/working) and an SSD, which I personally have never even thought about checking the firmware for.

why would you assume you need to install software for a drive?

I've not done so and my SSDs work fine..

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