TL;DR: Recent reports linked Windows 11 security updates KB5063878 and KB5062660 to SSD failures during large data transfers, especially on DRAM-less drives with Phison controllers. However, after ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft released the August 2025 security update for Windows 10 and 11. Shortly after, a rather concerning report emerged about Windows updates breaking SSDs and corrupting data.

When updating a piece of software as large and complex and old as Windows, you’re inevitably going to break something every once in a while. Microsoft tracks known issues here—generally they affect ...

Is a Recent Windows Update Responsible for SSD Failures? Microsoft Has an Answer Your email has been sent Some Windows 11 users are blaming a recent patch for causing data corruption and hardware ...

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The latest Windows 11 update (KB5063878) promised faster performance when it was rolled out on Aug. 12. But then it developed serious problems — which isn’t great when it’s a mandatory update that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Microsoft’s mandatory security update this month has been described ...

Microsoft has found no link between the August 2025 KB5063878 security update and customer reports of failure and data corruption issues affecting solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) ...

The Windows update isn't to blame, says Microsoft. Credit: Jonathan Raa / NurPhoto / Getty Images The recent Windows 11 security update didn't cause those SSD failures, according to Microsoft (via ...