Windows 10: Windows 10 gets storage health monitoring feature and more

With the latest preview update, Microsoft is rolling out multiple improvements to Windows 10, including one new feature that will help you monitor the health of your storage drives. In addition, the update also introduces improvements for Notepad and Microsoft’s Your Phone app.

Microsoft is working on a new feature for Windows 10 that will detect hardware problems for your storage drives. If hardware problems are detected, Windows 10 will notify users before drive failure and data loss.

Currently, Windows 10’s new Storage monitoring feature is limited to NVMe SSDs only. This feature won’t work if you have a device that ships with SATA SSD and HDD, at least for now.



Windows will show the above notification when you’ve issues with your storage drive or your PC is experiencing performance issues. You can view the drive health by heading to Settings > System > Storage > Manage disks and volumes.

In the modern disk management tool, you need to select Properties and see additional details for the disk.



Interestingly, Windows 10 can now also display the estimated remaining life of your storage device and this data is based on the manufacturer’s prediction of drive life. If your drive has passed the predicted drive life period, it doesn’t indicate drive failure and you can still use the storage device.

In addition, you can also view the available space, temperature of the storage hardware, and more.

Other changes


Microsoft noted that it will turn off theme syncing feature for Windows 10. As a result, you can no longer sync your theme across your devices, but the one-time download of the last desktop background will be saved to a “WallpaperBackup” folder when you set up Windows 10 on a new device.

Microsoft is also restoring Notepad’s ability to respect the restartable apps feature, which allows Windows 10 to automatically restore apps when you sign out and sign in.

For those who use Your Phone app, Microsoft is introducing a simplified settings experience that allows you to manage the app settings and multiple connected devices.

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Device Performance & Health feature

This can be an issue with the old driver, update or hardware. However, for us to fully identify what is causing the issue, we may need to perform some troubleshooting steps. Please follow the steps below and check if it helps:

Step 1: Use System File Checker to check for system file corruption.

• Right-click (or press and hold) the Start 
  button, then select Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• Enter sfc/scannow(note the space between "sfc" and "/").

Step 2: Perform a clean boot. It will start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers
and start up programs. It will also eliminate software conflicts that could occur when you install a program, or an update, or when you run a program in Windows.

Once done, check if your Device Performance & Health will work and generate a report.

Let us know the result of the suggested steps.

Thank you.

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net

 

Device Performance & Health feature

Thank you for letting us know the result Verdie. Since this issue happened right after Creators Update, we suggest that you delete the update first. Once done, let us perform the Media Creation Tool on your Windows 10. This will help refresh the system further.
For detailed instructions, please check this link. After this, we can reinstall the Creators Update.

Lastly, please check if you can then generate a report on Device Performance & Health feature.

Keep us updated with the result of the steps given.

Thank you.