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Microsoft Denies Recent Windows 11 Update Is Bricking SSDs

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The Windows 11 security update isn't to blame for bricking SSDs, according to Microsoft which tried and failed to reproduce the issue reported by multiple users.

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Microsoft's history places it out almost natural in the source of all problems with Windows 11. The past thus shows and would be the cause for the most recent failure of this...

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Did you have problems with your SSD after upgrading Windows 10 or 11? Microsoft has researched and ensures that the August update does not cause bugs.

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An update for Windows 11 had allegedly destroyed SSDs and HDDs in mid-August – Microsoft is now denying a connection.

Microsoft has finally addressed the rumors that the Windows 11 update KB5063878 can destroy access to SSDs. Under certain circumstances, Windows no longer displays an existing SSD or displays the partition as "RAW." This "disappearance" affects both the display in File Explorer and the BIOS. Microsoft told IT news magazine Bleepingcomputer that it has found no connection between the issues reported by some users and the update KB5063878. Microso…

Around mid-August of this year, Piotr warned you not to install the Windows 11 KB5063878 and KB5062660 updates. They were said to damage SSDs and HDDs, making them unusable. After conducting internal tests, Microsoft claims that the SSD failures are not the fault of Windows 11 or the new updates. Microsoft: SSD failures in Windows 11 are not our fault. Reports of SSD and HDD failures after installing new updates became public in August. The firs…

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