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 ...

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 ...

Is a Recent Windows Update Responsible for SSD Failures? Microsoft Has an Answer Your email has been sent Some Windows 11 users are blaming a recent patch for causing data corruption and hardware ...

Microsoft has responded to reports that a recent Windows 11 security update has caused gaming SSDs to fail. According to the company, a "thorough investigation" left the company in no doubt that its ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 security update is triggering SSD failures during heavy data transfers, according to some reports. The issue came to attention late last week when an X (formerly Twitter) ...

Phison has confirmed that Windows 11’s latest security updates are trashing SSDs, particularly those based on its PS5012-E12 controller, after a wave of failures was reported by users, mostly in Japan ...

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 ...

After the release of the latest Windows 11 security update, users started complaining about problems with their hard disk drives. After installing this update, SSDs start to crash when writing a large ...

Microsoft rolled out the August 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 version 24H2, also known as KB5063878. The update was supposed to fix problems with game performance and some app slowdowns, which ...