New SSD installed Disk Management won’t show “Initialise Disk”

Megahertz said:

Well, the drive seams good.
One more check. Download, extract and run Crystal disk info
It will show the SMART report

thanks, installed it, opened it, went to Disk and it already seems to give a status for each of them below? do I need to run a smart report or is this sufficient?



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Megahertz said:

The best way is to make a drive image. Is like a zip file but has all drive partitions. You can make a full image and subsequent smaller differential images.
I use Macrium Reflect but there are many others good and free.
Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect
Macrium Reflect - Create a Rescue Partition

Backing Up "Everything" ? What's The "Best" Way, Please ?

wow, this loks like I'm going to struggle. Ignoring the 1TB drive as I probably won't want to use it much as its not an SSD.... so I have one drive with the OS on it and another with some apps now. Should my PC crash and die, I would hope I could purchase a new HD to replace the SSD with the OS on it...

Are you essentially saying I should purchase another SSD drive and have it constantly backing up to it?

Megahertz said:

All drives seems to be good.

- Use the Adata (C:) for the Windows and programs.
- Use the Crucial (E:) for the Appliacations
- Use the Seagate (F:) for backups (the drive images) and installation files and other data that you can download.
I keep my backup drive power cable disconnected so it's offline. When I want to use it I connect he power cable. This way you save the drive from mechanical problems and malware that can clean all drives.

thanks this makes sense.

so would you advise I purchase a drive for C and a drive for E - each backs up a mirror of the drives? But keep the backup drives disconnected? and use macrium to backup to each of the drives?

Megahertz said:

You don't need to purchase anything.
The HDD (F:) is big enough to save the Adata (C:) and Crucial (E:) images made with Macrium.
My suggestion is to connect the power cable only when you intent to use the HDD (F:)

Oh ok so you mean, open the box, connect, backup and then disconnect each time?