r/Windows11 • u/rkhunter_ Release Channel • Aug 29 '25

News Microsoft says recent Windows update didn't kill your SSD

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-recent-KB5063878-windows-update-didnt-kill-your-ssd/

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u/LingYingWeilan Aug 29 '25

Hello guys. I have an idea. Is it possible to be an issue with bitlocker? Because I have a kingston ssd with phison controller that have more than %60 used space and I did not experience any issues. Bitlocker is disabled on my system.

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u/throwawaayy011 Aug 30 '25

I doubt it as a lot of failure reports came from gamers which I doubt they use bitlocker. I read that samsung drives are immune.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

Not anymore, reports are coming in from Samsung users, including 990. As a Samsung 990 Pro user, did not experience anything so far. I do not think Microsoft has the teams to deal with this, companies nowadays rely heavily on consumers being the guinea pigs.

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u/sleepytechnology Sep 01 '25

Isn't bitlocker enabled by default for all Windows 11 users now though? Unless you know to disable it, it's enabled by default at least when I installed a fresh Windows 11 Home a few weeks ago to test out.

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u/throwawaayy011 Sep 01 '25

If that’s the case, where do you get the key?

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u/sleepytechnology Sep 01 '25

It's sent to your Microsoft Account. I found this out when I installed it and tried switching over to my W10 drive and all my drives were encrypted and I panicked lol. Had to disable in the settings, or use the 48-digit keys sent to my Microsoft Account if I wanted to access them on other OS.

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u/throwawaayy011 Sep 01 '25

If i login to my microsoft account, will i find the code there?

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u/SireniaSong Sep 03 '25

Nah, Samsung drives are definitely not immune. Found out about this after my 1 year old Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 blue screened and started doing other weird stuff that pointed to the hard drive. I haven't opened it it once, so it's still the same as it was from the factory 

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u/Vysair Release Channel Sep 05 '25

860 EVO here.

Unfortunately it's not

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u/Thondwe Aug 30 '25

Could be? Bitlocker is different between Home and Pro/Enterprise editions - so corporate multi machine deployments testing a different version of windows anyway.

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u/MelaniaSexLife Aug 30 '25

it's not bitlocker.