Windows 11 update causing problems with hard drives

[pmbug]

FYI:

Microsoft’s latest security update for Windows 11 is allegedly causing SSD failures during heavy file transfers. The issue was reported by X user Nekorusukii @Necoru_cat, who was updating Cyberpunk 2077 on a system running Windows 11 24H2 with the KB5063878 update installed, when the SSD on which the game was installed disappeared from the operating system.

An investigation by the user reveals a potential bug that appears during continuous file transfers on certain storage devices, particularly when the transfer exceeds 50GB and the drive is over 60% full. In these cases, the SSD can sometimes disappear from within the operating system. While restarting the PC makes the SSD visible again, the issue seems to occur again as soon as a large data transfer is performed again.
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Out of the 21 drives tested, it was found that 12 of them became inaccessible, but only the Western Digital SA510 2TB could not be recovered, even after a reboot. This indicates that the issue seems to impact SSDs with multiple types of SSD controllers.
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More:

Latest Windows 11 security patch might be breaking SSDs under heavy workloads — Phison investigating reports of disappearing drives following file transfers, including some that cannot be recovered after a reboot

Some say continuous transfers exceeding 50GB can cause drives to vanish from the OS

www.tomshardware.com

 

[foolsgold]

I experienced this two days ago.

 

[Voodoo]

Absolutely doing Everything I can to avoid that Garbage.... Looks like they altered an install of Excel I had on a Win 10 machine. I had installed an old version of like I don't know 2007 Excel. Just the other day it suddenly looks like the new shit that requires a lease and they wanted a code. F that, i just opened the file with open office.

 

[Casey Jones]

It seems to be part of the trend to "obsolete" external personal storage devices and drives.

My first (owned) computer was a Mac, with OS8. This after having learned computers on Windows 3.1, before the Internet. The WIntel machine was a military setup, shipboard - and there was no use at our level of the Internet. When we needed data going out, we put it on a floppy to give to a COM guy to radio it over to BuPers or other Naval offices. Data for us came the same way, or sometimes floppies were mailed us.

The Mac readily accepted the new USB-driven drivers for Zip discs - great, additional storage beyond the 4gb hard-drive. No issue there...for the two years I had the Mac. It was quickly obsoleted and had a malfunction two years after I bought it. Not a big deal, since it was no longer supported. It just taught me, personally, that beyond all the hype, Macs didn't last.

I moved onto Win98 and then WinME...the second, a disaster, frequent crashing. Then W2000, a fair amount better. But it had issues with videos and data-transfers sometimes got corrupted. By this time I had a patch cord to use old computer hard drives as external storage.

Got another Mac...OSX...and found, alluva sudden, it WOULD NOT TRANSFER to external hard drives. It could read them, but wouldn't allow me to move data on them or add more. Could not even load files onto the internal hard drive. This, about the time the Cupertino crew was pushing "cloud storage."

Cowinkydink? There are no cowinkydinks. They wanted my data. And I'm a contrarian - when someone wants something from me, so badly, and promises they aren't benefiting...I know they intend to benefit, probably illicitly.

I went to Linux. And have had no storage issues, since.

These people KNOW this is happening; but they want to control, catalog, and have you dependent on their "cloud storage." Hacks have happened and will continue to happen. So will illicit sales of data and so will government cataloging of whatever data you're foolish enough to trust in the network.

Get some sort of Unix or Linux operating system. If you must use Windoze, use it for programs, work or networking. Store and manage your data with something not from Big Tech.

 

[Voodoo]

I have plenty of old machines. Time to fire one up again and put Linux on it.

 

[Casey Jones]

I have plenty of old machines. Time to fire one up again and put Linux on it.

Absolutely. It's amazing, the machines they will work well on.

I have an "education" computer - paid for by the Bidencation Department for skeul kidlets. It was maybe used a couple of times - had Windoze on it, but the processor and internal flash drive were so small, it literally could not run Windoze. I tried to register, but the motherboard would choke just in the setup program.

YOUR MONEY (actually, printed-up money, debasing your money) paid for this garbage. Made in China, shipped here, given to school kids to be discarded as useless.

Anyway. I got Linux Mint loaded into it, and it works...okay. It still has most of its RAM tied up with just a browser program running - hard to watch a streaming vid with it - but it manages. A good travel computer - with a six-hour battery, no lie. And if it breaks, all I lose is what I haven't put onto external flash drives that day.

Your old computer, even if so old you have problems with some various new programs or applications...at least will teach you Linux, to the point you're comfortable with it on a newer model.

 

[nickndfl]

My Vic-20 remains unaffected.

 

[Casey Jones]

My Vic-20 remains unaffected.

Yah, but is the dial-up modem supported?