How to update SSD firmware on Windows 11

Updating the firmware on your SSD may prove useful. Newer firmware improves many factors like bug fixation, improvement in performance, higher reliability, and more. If you are using Windows 11 or 10, then this guide will teach how to update the firmware of your SSD.

Update Firmware on Solid State Drive on Windows 11

You should back up your most valuable data before upgrading your SSD firmware. The idea here is that if anything goes awry, at least you know your data's safe.

Find out what brand and model your SSD is. Press Windows Search and open System Information. Under the information that says Model, head over to Components > Storage > Disks.

Run Defragment and optimize drives if you are unsure which of your computer's disks is a solid-state drive.

Once you have the model name, download the manufacturer tool for your SSD.

Western Digital has a WD SSD Dashboard.

With SeaTools, you can update the firmware if you have a Seagate hard drive.

Thanks to XPG, you can download SSD Toolbox.

If you are a customer of ADATA, then download SSD Toolbox.

Thanks to Samsung Magician, Samsung

There is Crucial Storage Executive from Crucial.

For SK Hynix users, there is SSD Drive Manager.

Alternatively, users have Intel Memory and Storage Tool. Another option from Intel is the SSD Firmware Update Tool.

Kingston provides Drive Manager.

PNY offers two different options for their users to download: PCIe SSD Toolbox and Firmware Updater and SATA SSD Toolbox and Firmware Updater.

In this article, WD SSD Dashboard will be used.

Then, choose your SSD and start your SSD utility tool. In it, take the WD SSD Dashboard as an example; now, we have selected our SSD.

At last, click on Tools > Settings and then click on the CHECK FOR UPDATES button.

As soon as it detects an update, it will search for it automatically and install it automatically.

Just a heads up: Different SSD manufacturers have different settings on their utility tool. If you can't find how to update the firmware for your SSD, look for similar options in your tool.

That's the easy way of upgrading the firmware of your solid-state drive. You can ensure that your SSD firmware is updated at any moment in time by keeping the utility tool, which came along with your SSD, loaded on your personal computer. The other way of maintaining your SSD current is by applying Windows updates frequently.

These steps and precautions will allow you safely to update your SSD firmware and possibly improve performance and reliability.