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Microsoft and Phison have pushed back hard against a wave of social-media claims that the latest Windows 11 cumulative update is “bricking” NVMe SSDs — but the episode exposes a brittle edge case in modern storage stacks, a gap between telemetry and forensic proof, and practical steps every...

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 Patch Tuesday delivered a surprise that quickly escalated from a support thread to a cross-industry incident: the Windows 11 cumulative update KB5063878 has been linked by multiple users to SSD and HDD failures, data corruption, and drives “vanishing” during heavy write...

Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 has left a trail of disrupted installs and disappearing NVMe drives, and Phison — maker of widely used SSD controllers including the PS5012‑E12 — has confirmed it is investigating reports that the updates KB5063878 and KB5062660 can trigger...

The Windows update ecosystem once again landed in the headlines this month after community researchers and multiple publications raised alarms about KB5063878 — the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 — and claims that a sustained-write workload can make some NVMe SSDs...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 24H2 rollout has already spawned two separate storage headaches: an earlier compatibility surge that produced looping Blue Screens of Death (BSODs) on certain Western Digital and SanDisk NVMe drives, and a later August 12, 2025 cumulative patch (KB5063878, OS Build...

In a significant update affecting Windows 11 users, prominent SSD manufacturers such as Western Digital and SanDisk have rolled out firmware updates aimed at resolving critical Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issues that arise after upgrading to Windows 11 version 24H2. Reports of system failures...

If you've recently upgraded your system to Windows 11 24H2 and found yourself in a maddening spiral of Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors, you're not alone! Many users equipped with Western Digital (WD) and SanDisk SSDs have reported these issues, primarily resulting from misconfigurations...

I have a Sandisk SSD that has Ubuntu loaded on it. I built a pc and loaded Windows 7 and both hard drives work. The SSD drive shows up in device manager and bios setup. Clicking on my computer the SSD drive does not show up. I look at the ssd using device manager and it gives me the option to...

Considering how larger data size has become these days, So i upgraded my entire system so I can save time while copying data but ran into below probelm. Can anyone make me understand? *Scenario one* Copying data from Samsung T7 2TB ssd, Up to 1,050MB/s USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) specs...

I managed to retrieve my HP external drive from being a recovery drive. I finally got through to Dell tech support and they took files off. As an aside, I knew if I could format it it would erase everything and I could use it again. The Dell person did just that but I couldn't - I right clicked...

Hi all ,can someone please help me ,I have a 32 gig sandisk usb ,I always only used It on my 2 computers until 1 day I got software from a friends laptop. Right after that I’m getting random files with different names with the desired files but they all appear to have the same file icon and they...

I installed a new Sandisk SSD on my old PC (using EaseToDo for the cloning) but had to leave the old drive connected as well, due to boot issues which I gave up trying to resolve. I'm sorry if today's question doesn't make sense: do I gain any advantage by opening Windows with the old drive...

Hi, i have just bought a sandisk 64gb extreme pro sdxc memory card for my camera, it works fine in the camera and saves pics to it, but every time i open it in windows it tells me i have to format the card, when i do format it, it goes through the whole process and then tells me the operation...

Hello, dear members and web travellers! I need some thoughts and tips on an issue with booting from a flash drive. Today I used the application WinToUsb to install a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit on a SanDisk thumbstick which uses a USB 3.0 connection. Now I want to boot from this stick...

Hi, I have a "SanDisk Ultra CompactFlash" 4GB card and an internal card reader (HP desktop). When I insert the card into the reader, the green light above the slot turns on as if it recognizes the device, but it doesn't show up. Device Manager says that the driver is installed and working...

i have to choose between these ssd's, which one should i get, it has to be reliable and very fast. samsung 830 128 OCZ vertix 4 128 Sandforsk extreme 120 Corsair 120GB Force GT crucial m4 128

Not sure if am placing this trend in the right place.........but I am having problem with my USB pen drive (SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB). My pen drive was working fine until last night when I plugged it in and got a message saying "USB Device Not Recognized". Since then every time I plug it in I...

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mobile World Congress—SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that Acer has selected the 32-gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk® SSD P4 modular solid state drive for use in its Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet. SanDisk SSD P4’s...

Mobile World Congress—SanDisk Corporation , the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that Acer has selected the 32-gigabyte 1 SanDisk® SSD P4 modular solid state drive for use in its Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet. More...