Another downside that comes with SSDs is their relative lack of durability.

There are a number of tricks that SSD manufacturers use to minimize the effect.

Related to wear levelling, over-provisioning is where SSD manufacturers include more flash memory than necessary for the capacity.

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Similarly, the same drive could be listed with a TBW of 365TB and a four-year warranty.

These applications write data constantly or regularly and will unnecessarily reduce its lifespan.

To configure the pagefile, press the Windows key, throw in View advanced system prefs and hit enter.

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Disabling the pagefile on SSDs can help extend their lifespan.