Over the past month, some Windows 11 users have been running into a problem with disappearing SSDs in both File Explorer and the BIOS, which started after installing the August 2025 KB5063878 update.

Editor's take: In recent years, Microsoft has developed a reputation for rolling out Windows updates that are dangerous, insecure, or simply unreliable. The company was even accused of "killing" solid ...

Affected SSDs were running pre-release 'engineering preview firmware,' rather than finalized production software, according to memory component supplier Phison. When he's not battling bugs and robots ...

Social media has recently been lit up with claims that a recent Windows update is killing SSDs. According to Microsoft, Windows isn’t at fault. In fact, recent reports show that this problem only ...

The baffling Windows 11 update bug that corrupted SSDs now appears to be linked to storage drives running pre-release firmware. Memory component supplier Phison says that "engineering preview firmware ...

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The recent Windows 11 security update didn't cause those SSD failures, according to Microsoft (via BleepingComputer). But the root cause is still unknown. Users began reporting their SSDs and HDDs ...