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Taskkill terminates processes, while SSDs store data persistently.

Taskkill terminates processes, while SSDs store data persistently.

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Lips
Senior Member
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06-16-2020, 11:39 AM
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Hello everyone, I'm using a boot-up batch file to clear out some unnecessary files and reset app settings. I want to stick to deepfreeze because of the unpredictable changes it makes. My file includes around ten commands using taskkill /f with app.exe, and a friend warned me that combining taskkill with /f might damage the SSD or cause crashes—even for tasks that aren't system-dependent. I checked online but didn’t find any evidence or documentation about this happening. Have you seen anything similar? Let me know! Best regards, a curious web user
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Lips
06-16-2020, 11:39 AM #1

Hello everyone, I'm using a boot-up batch file to clear out some unnecessary files and reset app settings. I want to stick to deepfreeze because of the unpredictable changes it makes. My file includes around ten commands using taskkill /f with app.exe, and a friend warned me that combining taskkill with /f might damage the SSD or cause crashes—even for tasks that aren't system-dependent. I checked online but didn’t find any evidence or documentation about this happening. Have you seen anything similar? Let me know! Best regards, a curious web user

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ZelowS
Member
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06-16-2020, 02:57 PM
#2
This seems related to a WIN 10 issue, possibly involving the page file. SSDs can fail from too many writes or overheating.
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ZelowS
06-16-2020, 02:57 PM #2

This seems related to a WIN 10 issue, possibly involving the page file. SSDs can fail from too many writes or overheating.

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Rounyx
Posting Freak
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06-17-2020, 08:06 PM
#3
What you're doing is essentially closing an active process in Task Manager. While it records the event in Event Viewer, it doesn't provide significant performance improvements from running this operation repeatedly each day.
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Rounyx
06-17-2020, 08:06 PM #3

What you're doing is essentially closing an active process in Task Manager. While it records the event in Event Viewer, it doesn't provide significant performance improvements from running this operation repeatedly each day.

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TheBluArtist
Member
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06-17-2020, 08:12 PM
#4
Great, it's a W10 system... thanks!
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TheBluArtist
06-17-2020, 08:12 PM #4

Great, it's a W10 system... thanks!

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Hbsanders
Member
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06-22-2020, 01:26 PM
#5
All I can see, is that the SSD is fine, but rather file got corrupted as you killed task that were writing data on it mid-way.
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Hbsanders
06-22-2020, 01:26 PM #5

All I can see, is that the SSD is fine, but rather file got corrupted as you killed task that were writing data on it mid-way.