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...
Microsoft has quietly acknowledged a serious disruption in core Windows recovery flows and pushed emergency, out‑of‑band (OOB) updates after the August 2025 Patch Tuesday rollups left some systems unable to complete “Reset this PC,” cloud re‑image operations, and certain remote wipe jobs — and...
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Microsoft has quietly confirmed that a routine August security roll‑out has broken core recovery features on multiple Windows builds, and an out‑of‑band emergency update is imminent to fix failed Reset and Recovery operations for affected platforms.
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When I attempt to turn on/restart my PC, the PC almost never boots past the Bios Splash screen. The same error occurs consistently: The small screen on my motherboard displays code “F3” while the Bios Splash screen is displayed and my keyboard and mouse have power (It stays like this for maybe 4...
hi there
it seems like a similar problem to the last one posted, but for not confusing the problem I opened a new thread.
I disabled secure boot, there are no devices attached beside mouse, keyboard and the usb-stick (no ethernetcable as well).
Here's my problem:
i had a running desktop gaming...
Flashed the bios to something relevant.
I have two ssds to test, a vertex plus r2 and agility 3, both in ICY DOCK mounts. The front panel HDD lights flash a bit (though that probably doesn't mean much).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994083
Getting in the BIOS is a...
Hey W7F,
So i recently built a new computer with the following specs:
i5-3570K @4.4Ghz
Corsair h80 cooler
8gb corsair dominator ram (1600Mhz)
MSI 660ti PE Graphics card
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB Max IOPS SSD
The computer runs perfectly except for one issue. When i leave it to idle(btw hibernation is...
I have most of my games & Steam on this particular SSD & every time I access the drive to add a mod etc there is always at least 50 empty locked .tmp folders (lost count of the number of times I've deleted them) they are all variously named but all start with MSI.. what are they & how can I...
Hi Guys,
It's not often that I even post something on a forum, because usually I can find a solution by looking at other peoples posts. However this time, I couldn't find much..
The problem is that I'have had since building my system in january is random BSOD's...
Random BSOD + System Hangs Even After 3 reinstalls
I should probably start off with the history of all this. I built the computer myself in February of this year. I accidentally installed x86 version and it ran perfectly fine. Since I didnt really care at the time, I just left it. Then in May...
Hello I'm having issues with my desktop shutting itself down and giving 2 different errors DISK BOOT FAILURE and BOOTMGR is MISSING I've been trying to figure out the problem for a while suspecting the SSD issues at first and no just generally suspecting that it could be anything in my entire...
I am attempting to get a Dell Inspiron 910 with Windows 7 installed up and running again. The system was running fine yesterday, but lost the ability to connect to my wireless network suddenly, though other devices in the house were still connecting fine. I attempted to correct the issue by...
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Im getting BSOD some time after power up, dont know what to do
When my computer restarts it works fine and are stable.
It started this behavior when I installed a SSD disk. It has been 6 month stable.
With SSD disk the POST prompted HT Transport failure after BSOD and the data on the SSD disk...