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You can check the health of many NVMe solid‑state drives directly in Windows 11 without using command‑line tools. The operating system offers a simple Settings route and a quick PowerShell check for a concise status report.
Inspect drives from Settings
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- Open Settings and select System.
- Navigate to Storage > Advanced storage settings > Disks & volumes.
- Choose the drive you want to inspect, then click Properties.
For supported NVMe SSDs, Windows shows metrics such as **estimated remaining life**, **available spare capacity**, and **temperature**. The interface can also warn you if spare capacity is low, if reported reliability declines, or if the drive switches to read‑only mode.
What Windows’ health checks do not cover
Microsoft notes this monitoring capability applies to NVMe devices only. SATA SSDs and traditional spinning hard drives are not included.
If Settings returns little or no drive information, that absence should not be taken as confirmation the drive is healthy. Additional tools may be needed for drives that Windows does not report on.
Quick status via PowerShell
Open a PowerShell tab in Windows Terminal and run Get-PhysicalDisk. Look at the HealthStatus column for a one‑line summary.
The column can display one of several values: Healthy, Warning, Unhealthy, or Unknown.
A note about older commands
Some legacy tutorials recommend WMIC and the command wmic diskdrive get status. WMIC has been removed from currently supported versions of Windows 11. Microsoft now points users to supported alternatives such as PowerShell.
