disk-management

  1. Windows 11 KB5063878 SSD Issues: Firmware Edge Case and Recovery

    A sudden wave of reports last month that solid‑state drives were vanishing from both File Explorer and UEFI/BIOS left Windows 11 users alarmed — but the truth, based on community forensics and vendor testing, is more complicated than a simple “bad Windows update” narrative...
  2. Dual-Boot Windows 11 with Linux: Safe, Step-by-Step Guide

    If you’re thinking about escaping Windows 11’s telemetry creep or simply want to test a modern Linux desktop without committing, installing Linux alongside Windows — or replacing it entirely — remains the most practical option for most users. This guide walks a careful, practical path through...
  3. Windows 11 KB5063878: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes, Data Risk

    Microsoft and SSD vendors have opened an investigation after multiple independent testers and users reported that the August 12, 2025 Windows 11 cumulative update (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) can cause some NVMe and SATA drives to stop responding, vanish from the operating system, and — in a...
  4. Windows 11 KB5063878 SSD Glitches: Disappearing NVMe Drives Under Heavy Writes

    Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5063878) is at the center of a growing, technically consistent set of community reports: after installing the update, some users say NVMe SSDs can “vanish” during large, sustained file writes — sometimes leaving files corrupted, SMART/controller...
  5. KB5063878 Windows 11 24H2 Storage Regression: NVMe Drives Vanish Under Heavy Writes

    Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878) has been linked by independent testers and enthusiast communities to a reproducible storage regression in which certain NVMe SSDs can suddenly stop responding during sustained large writes, sometimes vanishing from Device Manager and...
  6. Windows 11 KB5063878: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes — What to Know

    Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) has been tied by multiple independent community tests and tech outlets to a serious storage regression: under sustained, large sequential writes some SSDs can stop responding, disappear from Windows, and — in a...
  7. Windows 10 Windows-Disk-Management -- Disk-Partition

    How do I create an HDD-Unallocated-Partition in Windows 10 from HDD-Free-Space on my drive? Please look at the screenshot below to better understand the issue. (All the option is greyed-out on Right-click, and delete-option is not there.)