Microsoft reportedly fixing SSD failures caused by Windows updates
What’s new: Recent Windows 11 24H2 updates (KB5063878 and KB5062660) are reportedly causing data corruption and failure issues for certain SSD and HDD models, particularly those with Phison NAND controllers. Users have reported drives becoming inaccessible during heavy write operations, with symptoms appearing after approximately 50GB of continuous writing.
Who’s affected
Users with SSDs and HDDs, particularly those with Phison NAND controllers, SanDisk Extreme Pro, Corsair Force MP600, Maxio SSD, and KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS G4, may experience issues. The problem seems to affect drives with over 60% usage during intensive write tasks.
What to do
- Avoid writing large files (tens of gigabytes) or multiple large files in quick succession.
- When extracting large compressed files, do so in smaller batches rather than all at once.
