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The August cumulative update for Windows — most notably KB5063878 (Windows 11 24H2, OS Build 26100.4946) and companion rollups for Windows 10 — has been identified as the root cause of a wave of streaming and system problems that emerged in mid‑August and persisted into September, producing...

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...

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...

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 has acknowledged a critical reliability problem introduced by its August 12, 2025 Windows security rollup that disabled core recovery features on multiple client builds of Windows 10 and Windows 11, and issued an out‑of‑band (OOB) cumulative update — KB5066189 — to resolve failed Reset...

Microsoft has acknowledged two separate issues introduced by the August cumulative update for Windows 11 version 24H2 (KB5063878): an AutoCAD launch problem that triggers an unexpected administrator permission prompt, and a streaming regression that causes severe lag or stutter in NDI-based...

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 has acknowledged an active investigation after multiple community researchers, test benches and SSD vendors reported that the Windows 11 August cumulative (commonly tracked as KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) can cause certain SSDs to vanish from the operating system during sustained...

Phison has confirmed it is investigating reports that Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 (24H2) — distributed as KB5063878 — is associated with a storage regression that can make certain NVMe SSDs stop responding or disappear from Windows during large, sustained write operations...

Phison has publicly acknowledged that two recent Windows 11 security updates — KB5063878 and KB5062660 — are associated with a cluster of SSD failures that make drives vanish during large, sustained write operations, and the admission has sparked urgent questions about update testing, firmware...

Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5063878) shipped as a routine Secure Boot and quality update, but a scatter of user reports — concentrated in Japan and amplified across enthusiasts’ channels — now link the patch to serious SSD failures under heavy write workloads; the pattern...

Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 — KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) — has been linked by independent testers and enthusiast communities to a reproducible and severe storage fault: under sustained large sequential writes (reports center around the 50 GB range), certain NVMe SSDs—and a...

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...

Microsoft's August cumulative for Windows 11 version 24H2 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) has sparked a new round of alarm in the storage community: multiple reports say the patch is associated with drives disappearing, SMART information becoming unreadable, and — in at least some cases...

Microsoft OneDrive, a cornerstone of modern cloud storage, has become so deeply integrated into everyday workflows that even minor disruptions can ripple across countless homes and workplaces. In recent days, a significant number of users have found themselves abruptly locked out of their...

Delivery Optimization—sounds like something out of a logistics meeting at FedEx, doesn’t it? But for Windows users, it's a real deal, quietly operating in the background to make downloads quicker and more efficient. Sounds perfect … until it's not. Over time, the Delivery Optimization cache can...

Hello, and thanks for helping me out. Here's what's going on: I run a 2 drive Mirrored Storage Space. and it was working fine. However, last week, "C" drive started getting flakey so I replaced it. I had an image of the "C" drive that I reinstalled on the new "C" drive. The PC is back up and...

In the realm of IT, there's a lingering specter that prays on system administrators: the mysterious disappearance of disk space. This enigma was recently described by an IT professional struggling to understand "Where did my Windows Server's disk space disappear to?" They had conducted typical...

It’s official: the Windows 11 24H2 update has turned into a veritable can of worms, leaving users grappling with an array of irritating bugs and system issues. What was meant to be a routine refresh has instead morphed into a veritable minefield, particularly for gamers and casual users alike...

Microsoft's acknowledgment of a significant bug in the Windows 11 24H2 update process has got users buzzing—and not in a good way. The troublesome issue revolves around the operating system's native Disk Cleanup tool, which inaccurately reports that 8.63 GB of upgrade data cannot be removed...