Recently released Windows 11 24H2 updates are reportedly causing data corruption and failure issues for some SSD and HDD models on up-to-date systems. This issue was first reported on Friday by a Japanese PC building enthusiast who saw drives with Phison NAND controllers disappearing from the OS during heavy write operations (like writing large files or many files at once) …
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You need an emergency update asap. getty Republished on August 20 with release of emergency update. “Reset and recovery operations on some Windows versions might fail,” Microsoft has suddenly admitted, promising “an out-of-band update for the affected platforms to resolve this issue in the coming days.” That could be as soon as today. Windows Latest reports the company “has warned …
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Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 Windows security updates are breaking reset and recovery operations on systems running Windows 10 and older versions of Windows 11. “After installing the August 2025 Windows security update [..] on any of the client versions mentioned below in the ‘Affected platforms’ section, attempts to reset or recover the device might fail,” the company …
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Microsoft has broken the Windows reset and recovery functionality so badly, it must push an out-of-band update. While Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server are not affected, the issue, which turned up in the August 2025 security update, has hit many other versions, including the outgoing Windows 10. Thanks to Microsoft’s legendary approach to quality control, installing Windows patches these …
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Phison Acknowledges SSD Failures On Windows 11 Due To KB5063878/KB5062660 Updates; Starts Investigations On Its Controllers To Resolve The Issue Wccftech Microsoft Windows 11 24H2 Update May Cause SSD Failures TechPowerUp Latest Windows 11 security patch might be breaking SSDs under heavy workloads — Phison investigating reports of disappearing drives following file transfers, including some that cannot be recovered after a reboot Tom’s …
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Microsoft has mitigated a known issue that caused Windows update failures when installing them from a network share using the Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA). WUSA is a built-in command-line tool that helps IT admins install and uninstall Microsoft Standalone Update (.msu) files through the Windows Update Agent API to deploy and remove patches, hotfixes, and updates. This known issue …
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Microsoft confirms bad news for Windows users. Gado via Getty Images Republished on August 17 with a new privacy warning for Windows 10 users. Microsoft has just warned more than 700 million Windows 10 users that they must act now to stay “protected from the latest security threats.” Coming just days after the company fixed more than 100 security vulnerabilities, …
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Microsoft confirms bad news for Windows users. Gado via Getty Images Republished on August 17 with a new privacy warning for Windows 10 users. Microsoft has just warned more than 700 million Windows 10 users that they must act now to stay “protected from the latest security threats.” Coming just days after the company fixed more than 100 security vulnerabilities, …
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