Under Windows 10, I want to prevent my SSD from wearing out. I plan to write large files. Should I set the whole drive as compressed? (i.e. recursively set the compressed attribute on for all files on it, existing and new ones). Will this extend the life of the SSD?
Not sure how compressing works in Windows: won't the compressing algorithm rewrite the whole file each time when I change a bit in it? Here I am interested in extending the SSD's life, not only in performance.
Note: I plan to use this disk mainly for storing data, not as the system disk. So my question is not a duplicate of another question about whether compressing the system folder is good for performance.
