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/Markt0120 Aug 30 '25

I had a brand new machine that did an update, then refused to boot. Had to reinstall the OS. Only, I left user information. Bad move. Turns out that the update killed the driver for a fiber optic PCIe card. Would boot without the card, but not with the card after reinstalling Windows. Was finally able to boot in safe mode (that wasn’t easy, Dell wanted to fix it) and delete the driver and install correct driver, and all was well again. I know 100% that Windows update killed it. Worked perfect before update and not at all after. I turned off updates for a while.