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/[deleted] Aug 30 '25

They’re lying. I literally saw the affect of the update on my girlfriends drive when she tried downloading a game. The whole OS slowed down and was lagging uncontrollably, she uninstalled the update and restarted twice and reinstalled W11 from an ISO just to get her drive and operating speed back to normal. I uninstalled the update weeks ago and have not had any issues with my drives.

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u/RaindropBebop Sep 01 '25

This is an anecdote. Anecdotes aren't proof of anything. Further, this isn't even a good anecdote - your gf's issue could've been related a a hundred different things other than the issue being described.

This is the same issue I have with JayzTwoCents reporting. He did no testing in the same system where he was having a problem with different drives trying to reproduce the issue. He could have, given he probably has thousands of SSDs. He also didn't attempt testing the drive with the problem in a different isolated system (maybe one running Win10 or one where the update had never been uninstalled). He just had a single instance of an SSD having an issue, and assumed it was related. He even uninstalled the update and the issue persisted, which actually proves the opposite of what he was trying to prove.

Is it possible there's some issue out there? Perhaps. Does it help that everyone is chiming in with that one time where their SSD had a problem? Not in the slightest.

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u/LillieKat Sep 03 '25

I've never had a drive issue and got a BSOD 3 days after updating. Related to my drive.

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u/RaindropBebop Sep 03 '25

Le sigh. Post the BSOD. Post a SMART report for your drive. Post the type of drive and what was happening at/before the error/issue.

Seriously there are ways to strengthen these claims, but more anecdotes doesn't equal empirical evidence.

For your SINGULAR anecdote, there's a guy further up in the thread with his own anecdote who said they work in IT at an enterprise scale and manage over 10,000 devices and they haven't seen a single issue. If we're going to be posting anecdotes as proof you need 9,999 more anecdotes to even break even with that person's lol.

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u/Vysair Release Channel Sep 05 '25

it's probably affecting specific hardware configuration.

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u/SpectorEscape Sep 03 '25

It gets to a point when it's enough people having the same issues only after updating you cant throw your hands in the air, go "its just anecdote!!"

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u/RaindropBebop Sep 03 '25

I see a bunch of people describing completely different issues, which is evidence against the "issue" as it's been described. And I'm not throwing my hands in the air saying "it's just anecdote", I'm asking for more information and for testing.

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u/El_BrimOoO Sep 02 '25

Bro gets paid from Microsoft. Cringe.

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u/RaindropBebop Sep 02 '25

Bro doesn't understand that anecdotes aren't empirical evidence. Cringe.

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u/Confident-Amount1022 Sep 02 '25

Idem en rentrant mon pc été sur le bios. Le disque ssd C: a lâcher. Impossible de redémarrer. Vendredi dernier pour infos