Recap: Reports suggest that a Windows 11 security update released in early August may be the cause of HDD and SSD failures during large data transfers. However, the extent of the issue remains unclear ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft released the August 2025 security update for Windows 10 and 11. Shortly after, a rather concerning report emerged about Windows updates breaking SSDs and corrupting data.

I was used to frequent OS corruption until a firmware update fixed my drive ...

TL;DR: Recent reports linked Windows 11 security updates KB5063878 and KB5062660 to SSD failures during large data transfers, especially on DRAM-less drives with Phison controllers. However, after ...

Microsoft has found no link between the August 2025 KB5063878 security update and customer reports of failure and data corruption issues affecting solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) ...

New Windows 11 24H2 updates released this month have caused problems for some SSD and HDD drives. This has been linked to the KB5063878 security update and the KB5062660 preview update, both of which ...

A new Windows 11 security update is reportedly causing some gaming SSDs to fail. That's according to new reports online, which suggest that, following the installation of the KB5063878 security update ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. “Reset and recovery operations on some Windows versions might ...

Microsoft has quietly added a potent piece of storage tech to Windows, and enthusiasts are buzzing about what it could mean for SSD performance. The company introduced a native NVMe driver in Windows ...

Windows Updates are crucial for your PC’s health, as they include bug fixes and often introduce new features. However, at times, due to failed Windows updates, you encounter random issues. One such ...