It will also alert users of any notifications, such as available software or firmware updates or any S.M.A.R.T. attributes) with two indicators: normal, which means the drive is in good condition or poor, which indicates that the number of spare blocks is at the minimum threshold or the drive is overheating. It also displays information about the drive health (based on S.M.A.R.T. General information about the selected drive is displayed at the top, including the model number and firmware version. If your drive(s) aren’t listed, simply click the “Refresh” icon in the upper right corner of the window to rescan the system for WD SSDs (though they should show up automatically).

This drop-down list can be accessed from each section, which is very handy. If you have more than one WD SSD installed, you will be able to choose it from the drop-down list at the top right corner of the dashboard.

Navigating through sections is easy, responsive and intuitive.Īfter you load up the tool, the Dashboard will automatically detect supported drives. It sports a nice blue background with an intelligent panel-layout design along the bottom. At first glance, we noticed that the interface has a much more modern look than most other SSD drive management tools we’ve looked at. Western Digital SSD Dashboard is used to manage the company’s drives (which includes SanDisk products), featuring useful disk information, ways to optimize and sanitize/clean your SSD, and easy point-and-click firmware updates.

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