On 1/31/23 18:27, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jan 2023, Ali via cctalk wrote: >> Hmmm.. I wonder if there is a program akin to Spinrite that will do >> that on SSDs (i.e. reread and rewrite every byte). I know Steve Gibson >> is working on a new version of Spinrite that will work with SSDs so >> that could be the solution when it comes out... > > If you just need READ, and not WRITE, howzbout COPY *.* NUL > actually > XCOPY *.* NUL /S/E > to include subdirectories
On Linux, that would be: cp -r / /dev/null I think that you really don't want to rewrite SSDs. As I understand the wear-leveling technology, it's unlikely that you'll write the same sector/block that you read. Basically Heraclitus and rivers. --CHuck
