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The August Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 version 24H2 (KB5063878) has sparked concern across online communities, with users reporting SSD—and in some cases HDD—failures and data corruption ...

A rare firmware error, not the Windows update, was found to cause SSDs to vanish on some Windows 11 PCs.(Unsplash) A number of Windows 11 users have been left scratching their heads after solid-state ...

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Unfinished firmware versions on older SSDs apparently lead to problems under Windows 11. The SSD controller designer Phison confirms that an error can occur with the ...

Reports had suggested Windows 11 security updates were behind some recent SSD issues. Reports had suggested Windows 11 security updates were behind some recent SSD issues. is a senior editor and ...

Affected SSDs were running pre-release 'engineering preview firmware,' rather than finalized production software, according to memory component supplier Phison. When he's not battling bugs and robots ...

Windows 11 KB5065426 is now rolling out as part of September 2025 Patch Tuesday with a couple of new features, including new taskbar clock features, File Explorer UI fixes and more. Microsoft has also ...

New findings suggest there should be no risk to consumer SSDs using Phison controllers, providing their firmware is up to date. Phison and Microsoft were right after all, sort of. Recent reports are ...

Over the past month, some Windows 11 users have been running into a problem with disappearing SSDs in both File Explorer and the BIOS, which started after installing the August 2025 KB5063878 update.

The controversy surrounding Windows 11’s August 2025 (KB5063878) update has taken another turn, this time with what looks to be a clearer explanation for the SSD failure reports. To recap, users ...