Microsoft and Phison have now all but closed the book on the late‑August panic: after weeks of community reports, lab reproductions and headlines warning that Windows 11 24H2’s August cumulative (KB5063878) was “bricking” SSDs, thorough vendor and Microsoft testing found no reproducible link...
A wave of community test results and vendor confirmations this week has put the latest Windows 11 cumulative update under a harsh spotlight: several SSDs can disappear from Windows during sustained, large write operations after installing the August 12, 2025 update (KB5063878), with a...
Microsoft’s August security rollup has morphed from routine maintenance into a three-headed warning for anyone who touches Windows updates: emergency fixes for broken recovery functions, emerging reports of disappearing SSDs during heavy writes, and severe streaming stutter affecting NDI...
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