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KB5063878 Triggers SSD Failures During Heavy Writes; Phison Pursues Legal Action Over Forged Advisory
SSD reliability on Windows 11 took a sharp hit this week after Microsoft's August 12 cumulative update, KB5063878, was linked to NVMe drives vanishing under sustained write loads. Phison, a leading...
Microsoft, Phison Find No Evidence That Windows 11 KB5063878 Causes SSDs to Vanish
After weeks of investigation, Microsoft and SSD controller manufacturer Phison have concluded that they could not reproduce the alarming reports of SSDs vanishing or being corrupted following the...
Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Triggers SSD Failures: Phison Investigates, Denounces Fake Report
Phison is actively investigating a storage regression in Windows 11's August 2025 cumulative update that causes NVMe SSDs to vanish mid-transfer, while simultaneously denouncing a falsified internal...
Microsoft Races Out Emergency Fix for Broken Windows Reset, SSD Failures Still Under Probe
Microsoft shipped out-of-band cumulative updates on August 19, 2025, to fix a critical bug that broke Windows’ built-in Reset, cloud re-image, and remote wipe features after the August Patch...
KB5063878 Triggers Reset Failures, WSUS Breakdowns, and SSD Vanish Reports
Microsoft's August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, KB5063878, has set off a cascade of high‑impact failures—broken system recovery tools, installation errors in managed...
Windows 11 KB5063878 Update Triggers SSD Disappearances: Phison Probes Failure Spike
Microsoft’s August 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, KB5063878 (build 26100.4946), is triggering a disturbing storage regression that causes SSDs to vanish from the operating system under...
Heavy Writes Cause SSDs to Vanish After Windows 11 KB5063878 Update
Microsoft and SSD controller designer Phison are jointly investigating a serious storage regression introduced by the August 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878, OS Build...
Phison Probe Underway as Windows 11 KB5063878 Update Causes SSDs to Vanish During Heavy Transfers
Phison, one of the largest SSD controller designers, has publicly acknowledged a cluster of storage failures linked to Microsoft’s August 2025 Windows 11 cumulative updates and says it is...
Data Loss Alert: Windows 11 KB5063878 Makes NVMe Drives Disappear During Heavy Writes
Microsoft’s August 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11, KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946), has introduced a critical storage regression: under sustained heavy write loads, certain NVMe SSDs can...
Phison Investigates as Windows 11 KB5063878 Causes NVMe SSDs to Vanish Mid-Write
Phison has confirmed it is investigating a storage regression tied to Microsoft’s August cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 that makes NVMe SSDs disappear during heavy sustained write...
Microsoft Rushes Fix for Windows Reset Failures as SSD Corruption Reports Mount
Microsoft has confirmed that its August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates broke the Reset this PC recovery feature on Windows 11 and Windows 10, and an out-of-band emergency fix is being prepared. The...
Phison Sounds Alarm: Windows 11 KB5063878 Update Causing NVMe SSDs to Vanish Mid-Write
Phison Electronics, the Taiwan-based NAND controller giant behind countless consumer and enterprise SSDs, has officially acknowledged that two recent Windows 11 security updates—KB5063878 and...