About this tag
The reproduction tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about data reproduction issues in Windows environments, particularly related to SSD failures and data loss after installing Windows 11 cumulative update KB5063878. Community testers and vendors have reported that certain NVMe SSDs can disappear or suffer data corruption under heavy write operations following this update. The tag also includes off-topic threads about biological reproduction, such as eel reproduction, living stones, and sex in space, but the primary focus is on technical troubleshooting and reproducibility of hardware failures in Windows 11.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Windows KB5063878 SSD Failures: Firmware Provenance and Vendor Findings

    Microsoft and Phison are publicly at odds over whether last month’s Windows 11 cumulative update (commonly tracked as KB5063878) caused data-loss and device‑disappearance issues on some NVMe SSDs — and the debate reveals a messy intersection of community test benches, vendor lab validation...
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    • Forum: Windows News
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063878: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes

    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...
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  3. whoosh

    ART The Studio

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    • art artwork attachment classical music image format landscape paint photo gallery photo viewer renaissance reproduction studio webp windows forum
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  4. whoosh

    VIDEO Why Nobody Knows How Eels Reproduce

    :p
  5. whoosh

    VIDEO Living Stones That Reproduce !

    :shocked::andwhat:
  6. cybercore

    IMAGES Sex in Space: The Final Frontier

    Sex in Space: The Final Frontier Well, it had to come up at some point. With all the recent talk about a possible manned mission to Mars, one topic that hasn't had a lot of discussion is this: If we send colonists to the red planet, will sex in space be a problem? And just how much fun...
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    • astronaut behavior colonization cosmic colonization cultural impact emotional bonds interpersonal relations mars mission mission duration nasa policies pregnancy in space radiation reproduction scientific discussion sex in space sexual dynamics space conditions space exploration space travel zero gravity
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