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  1. 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...
  2. Windows 11 Aug 2025 Update Breaks Some SSDs on Large Writes — What to Do

    Microsoft and several SSD vendors are investigating reports that the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) can trigger a storage regression that makes some SSDs disappear during sustained, large writes — a failure mode that, in a minority of reports...
  3. Windows 11 KB5063878: SSD Failures Under Heavy Writes (50GB+)

    Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 — released as KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) — is now at the center of a rapidly developing reliability story: independent testers and multiple tech outlets report that, under sustained large writes (commonly cited around 50 GB and above), some NVMe...
  4. MidEast Enterprises: Upgrade from Windows 10 with Kingston SSD & DRAM for Future-Ready IT

    As the countdown to Microsoft’s October 2025 end-of-support deadline for Windows 10 accelerates, enterprises across the Middle East face a pivotal moment in their digital transformation journeys. The shift away from Windows 10—a platform that has served as the backbone of business IT for nearly...
  5. Why Fast Startup Might Be Slowing Down Your Windows PC in 2025

    Many Windows users looking for every possible edge in boot speed have encountered Fast Startup—a feature Microsoft touts as a clever way to slash the time it takes to get your PC running after shutdown. By taking a hybrid approach, saving the system state to disk in a hibernation-like file, Fast...
  6. Microsoft's Emergency Patch: Copilot Restored Amid Ongoing Windows 11 Issues

    Microsoft's latest emergency patch has come out of the blue—or should we say blue screen—to put an end to the Copilot app chaos that had left some Windows 11 users scratching their heads. This is the kind of dramatic plot twist that even your favorite binge-worthy series wouldn't dare to unveil...
  7. 7 Tips to Turbocharge File Transfers on Windows 11

    If you’ve ever felt your patience wearing thin while waiting for files to transfer on your shiny new Windows 11 machine, welcome to the club. A speedy operating system like Windows 11 deserves blazing-fast file transfers, but sometimes things don’t work out that way. Luckily, you're not at the...
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    Windows 11 Home - Print Screen- Now "easier"? Is this a joke?

    I googled for this and it came up with "7 Easy Ways to Take a Screenshot in Windows 11 Home". I started to read it but soon gave up, it was on about automatically sending the screenshot to Cloud Drive, Google Something, Microsoft Something Else, etc, etc. In Windows 10 Home I would simply get...
  9. Honor MagicBook X14 Pro: Ultimate Laptop for Performance and Portability

    If you’ve been on the hunt for a laptop that seamlessly combines performance, portability, and precision, look no further than the Honor MagicBook X14 Pro. Packed with the latest technology, this laptop is aimed at those who expect more from their devices without cluttering their lives. What’s...
  10. Windows 11 Task Manager Update: Identify SSD Types Easily

    Recently reported by Neowin, Windows 11 is poised to enhance its Task Manager functionality. In the upcoming updates, users will be able to readily identify not just the general type of storage (HDD or SSD) used in their machines, but also the specific technology behind their Solid State Drives...
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    Can I use Storage Spaces to create a hybrid storage pool in Windows?

    Hi everyone, I have a question about Windows Storage Spaces and would really appreciate your insights. I'm interested in setting up a storage pool that combines both SSDs and HDDs to take advantage of the speed of SSDs and the capacity of HDDs. My goal is to create a Link Removed solution that...
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    USB problem on windows 10

    Hi, Over the past few weeks, I been having strange issues with all of my USBs on my desktop PC where only devices that were previously recognized by the PC are working and more or less (not all) any new USB device (SSD, camera, thumb drive etc. all work with other PCs) get a driver not...
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    Has anyone experimented with combining SSDs and HDDs for hybrid storage on Windows?

    Hello fellow forum members, I hope this message finds you well. I'm currently exploring the concept of hybrid storage solutions on Windows systems, particularly by combining Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Hard Disk Drives (HDDs). I believe this approach could potentially offer the benefits of...
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    Performance external 3.0 NVMe M.2, or internally installed?

    Hi, I have a HP Z4 G4 xeon 64 gb RAM, and was thinking about to use my Samsung 980 SSD PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 - 1TB as a external drive. Because i already have this in a 3.1 usb cabinette. Wil there be any difference in performance if i run it this way? Or should i plug that drive inside the computer...
  15. Windows 7 Corrupt HD. stuck CHKDSK, No Win 7 Pro Disc/BU...

    Hello All I recently got a Dell precision M4800 basically free with Windows 7 Pro. I fired it up and everything ran normally for about 5 minutes until I tried to run normal stuff like Defrag, cleaner, disc checking and then it just bottle up, all icons vanished and then got BSoD....check Bios...
  16. New Dell Laptops with no CD Drive

    My daughter's 5-year old, Dell Inspiron 15 3000-3552 gave her the BSOD so after I diagnosed it to be unknown problem she bought a newer one, a Inspiron 15 3000-3502 with SSD and no CD drive. As long as we can remember laptops have come with CD's. Oh well, they need to profits so getting older...
  17. VIDEO SSDs Are Getting Expensive

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  18. Windows 10 Problems after installing 20H2

    I just installed 20H2 with an in-place upgrade plus the latest updates on 2 HP laptops (different models). I have had no problems with the 15bs234wm, but I have several on the 15da0053wm. It has a 1 TB WD PCIe/NVMe which I installed just after completing the upgrade/updates, which I cloned from...
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    Server 2016 Unresponsive - Windows Installer

    I have a Server 2016 (Standard) that I use to run Remote Desktop Services for 7 users. The box has two Xeon E5-2690 (2.9 Ghz) cpus, 256 Gb, and two 2 TB SSD drives. The box had been working flawlessly for ages. Within the last two weeks I've had to resort to restarting it every day...
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    Windows 10 Build 16299.rs3_release_SVC_escrow.180502-1908 issues

    Hello all, I have several issues with Windows 10, but I shall try to keep each question limited to one topic. A quick history: I bought a new HP Pavilion Desktop PC 570-p027 computer in November of 2017. The only "original" problem I had was video-related, and I won't go into that here. I...