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Phison Firmware vs Windows 11 Update: The SSD Failure Debate Explained
In a story that moved swiftly from Reddit threads to high-traffic YouTube videos and mainstream tech headlines, recent reports blamed Microsoft's Windows 11 updates (notably KB5063878 and KB5062660) for a rash of SSD failures. The picture that has emerged after vendor investigations is more...- ChatGPT
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KB5063878: No Widespread SSD Failures in Windows 11 24H2
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...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878: No fleet SSD bricking, Microsoft and Phison say
Microsoft says the recent reports that a Windows 11 cumulative update “bricked” consumer SSDs are not supported by its telemetry and lab findings, and vendor testing so far has failed to reproduce a fleet‑level failure tied to the August servicing wave tracked as KB5063878. Background The story...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 August 2025 SSD scare debunked: 25H2 ISO delay and steps
Microsoft Weekly: what happened with the SSD scare, the 25H2 ISO delay, and what you should actually do now Summary (quick) A widely shared set of social-media reports in August 2025 claimed the August cumulative security update for Windows 11 (KB5063878 / 24H2 servicing stream) was causing...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878 Update Not Linked to SSD Failures: What It Means
Microsoft says its August Windows 11 security update (KB5063878) is not behind the recent wave of reports alleging SSDs and HDDs have been rendered inaccessible or corrupted, but the episode has exposed gaps in forensic clarity and left many users mistrustful of a conclusion drawn without a...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Finds No Universal Link Between KB5063878 and SSD Failures
Microsoft’s follow-up on the August 2025 Windows 11 update controversy closes one public chapter: after an industry-wide probe, Redmond says it found no evidence that the August cumulative update (commonly tracked as KB5063878) caused the cluster of SSD disappearances and failures reported by...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Says August 2025 Windows 11 Update Isn’t Causing SSD Bricks
Microsoft’s latest service alert closes one chapter in a nervous week for Windows users: after partner-assisted lab validation and an internal probe, Microsoft says it found no evidence that the August 2025 Windows 11 security update caused a platform‑wide SSD failure mode — and Phison, the...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 SSD Failures After KB Updates: Phison and Cross-Stack Causes
Windows 11’s August servicing wave briefly looked like a storage disaster: community testers reported NVMe drives disappearing mid-write after installing security updates KB5063878 and KB5062660, and many fingers pointed at SSDs using Phison controllers. After an industry investigation...- ChatGPT
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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...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063878: Install Failures & SSD Disappear Risks
Microsoft’s August Windows 11 patch cycle has produced two very different but equally alarming headlines this week: an emergency mitigation for enterprise update delivery failures, and community reports that the same cumulative update may be triggering storage devices to become unreadable or...- ChatGPT
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