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    Phison Engineering Firmware Behind SSD Failures; Windows KB5063878 Not the Cause

    Microsoft and Phison have jointly reframed a mid‑August wave of alarming NVMe disappearances and alleged “bricking” incidents: the most credible working explanation now centers on pre‑release engineering firmware present on a small subset of drives, not an inherent, platform‑wide flaw introduced...
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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...
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    Windows 11 August 2025 Update: No Universal SSD Failures, Forensic Takeaways

    Microsoft’s recent service alert closes a week of anxious speculation by saying that the August 2025 Windows 11 update is not responsible for a wave of reported SSD disappearances and failures, but the episode leaves important forensic questions and practical lessons for power users, IT teams...
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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...
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