Report: Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt your data

[u/ricaldodepollx]

https://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-latest-windows-11-24h2-update-breaks-ssdshdds-may-corrupt-your-data/

[u/CrispyDave]

$1 trillion dollar company btw.

30 years of development to get Windows to here.

[u/MegaBytesMe → u/CrispyDave]

This is not Microsoft's fault though: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/s/M1D9t7w6wX

[u/Teeebs71 → u/MegaBytesMe]

Yes, rather conveniently MicroCrap gets to blame the drive manufacturers...🙄

[u/MegaBytesMe → u/Teeebs71]

Quote: Further analysis has suggested that SSDs built on Phison NAND controllers especially DRAM-less models exhibit failures at lower write volumes. Reports suggest that select enterprise-grade HDDs also display comparable symptoms under intensive writes.

Another Quote: Update, August 18 2025, 21.20 GMT: Following our report, Phison reached out to Neowin and offered the following statement regarding the issue:

Phison has recently been made aware of the industry-wide effects of the 'KB5063878' and ‘KB5062660’ updates on Windows 11 that potentially impacted several storage devices, including some supported by Phison. We understand the disruption this may have caused and promptly engaged industry stakeholders.

We are steadfast in our commitment to product integrity and the success of our partners and end users. At this time, the controllers that may have been affected are under review, and we are working with partners. We will continue to provide updates and advisories to partners who may have been impacted to provide support and ensure any applicable remediation.

[u/Damascus_ari → u/MegaBytesMe]

Samsung drives with a phoenix controller can get hit. I know a friend with file corruption and data loss on a PM981a 1TB drive (phoenix S4LR020 controller).

[u/gnexuser2424 → u/MegaBytesMe]

That's bs, phison didn't say shit. That document is fake.  It's not their drives that's the problem plenty of samsung n wd drives have it too n they have their own controllers 

[u/BobRoonee → u/CrispyDave]

$1 trillion dollar company? i dont know. i always thought Microsoft as a very poor company. their Solitaire games are incredibly intrusive and mega annoying with loud and obnoxious ads every 2 minutes or so. if they need to be begging for ad revenue, then they are not worth $1 trillion dollars.

[u/BigMikeInAustin → u/[deleted]]

Microsoft's real customer is the stock market. Removing QA was very good for the stock market, which is all Microsoft cares about.

[u/RogLatimer118 → u/[deleted]]

Apparently (I am not shitting you) they've been using contract Chinese engineers to support and patch software flaws that might allow foreign government hackers to get into our computers. Per the Security Now podcast.

[u/Most_Mix_7505]

People really suck at determining cause and effect. And media loves juicy sounding stories regardless of plausibility. I’m fairly certain that the issues have nothing to do with windows updates.

[u/CreatedToFilter → u/Most_Mix_7505]

The story seems to indicate that the update is causing some fairly intense write functions that, while it should be in the spec of the SSD/HDD according to the manufacturer, is actually causing them to break.

I'd say if we had to play the blame game it'd be:
80% manufacturer blame for padding their stats
20% microsoft for releasing an update that stress tests their user's storage so hard

That being said, I'm pretty critical of microsoft, so make your own determinations.

[u/Most_Mix_7505 → u/CreatedToFilter]

Wouldn’t be much different than any other windows update, really. Sounds like a batch of crappy SSDs just crapped out or corrupted data.

But yes, fuck MS normally

[u/Minimum_Neck_7911 → u/Most_Mix_7505]

Lol my hard drive crashed cause it did a lot of read and writes, won't be as good click bait as my hard drive crashed cause it did a lot of read and writes, while installing windows updates

[u/LowlyQi → u/Most_Mix_7505]

A regression is a software problem though. Many SSDs probably have driver workarounds in software, and they need to remain in place. It's not confirmed, but it's wrong to just fault the SSDs that were stable for a long time, even on linux. It's also users moving files or installing stuff that is now risky.

[u/Most_Mix_7505 → u/LowlyQi]

The drivers for NVMe and SATA in windows are all very generic. I mean, they're standard protocols. I doubt it was this. But also, software should not be able to break hardware during normal use. If it does, that's on the hardware manufacturer.

[u/Bazinga_U_Bitch → u/Most_Mix_7505]

Stop cucking Microsoft. It's pathetic.

[u/Shinobi_Dimsum → u/Bazinga_U_Bitch]

Lonely Weird Linux user found ^{^}

[u/TheOgrrr → u/Shinobi_Dimsum]

Stop cucking Microsoft.I've been a Windows user since 3.11 and this is just one bad patch amongst thousands. They don't give a crap any more.

[u/Free-Procedure-3895]

I spent three hours online with MS today trying to resolve failure to install latest update. Is there something they're just not telling so many of us? Got to the point of being offered a reinstall in place, but that didn't work either.

[u/anto31100]

I only update when there is no choice.

[u/DuAuk → u/anto31100]

i've had to roll this one back twice. I hope i caught all the settings to not auto update this time. The screwed around with the wifi settings, and now windows, as well as epic, is not recognizing my wifi when i am clearly online.

[u/anto31100 → u/DuAuk]

It's quite usual with Epic. Sometimes I have to close and reopened it.

[u/DuAuk → u/anto31100]

yeah, that's one of the main reasons i don't leave it or other game clients in the startup folder.

[u/ionut2021]

I have disable update

[u/Moonblitz666]

Only WD SSD's though?

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[u/theblackheffner]

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[u/GeneralPublicWC → u/[deleted]]

Who asked?

[u/stgm_at → u/GeneralPublicWC]

i think it's a great psa. thanks, u/DarthZiplock ! :)