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Windows 11 KB5063878 Triggers SSD Disappearances Under Load, Phison and Microsoft Scramble for Fix
Microsoft’s August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) is at the center of an escalating storage crisis. Multiple independent testers and specialist...
Phison Denounces Forged Memo as Windows 11 Update Triggers SSD Failures Under Heavy Writes
Phison, one of the largest suppliers of NAND flash controllers, has publicly disowned a document circulating among industry partners that falsely claimed the latest Windows 11 security updates were...
Windows 11’s KB5063878 Triggers SSD Vanishing Act Under Heavy Load, One Drive Unrecoverable
Microsoft’s August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, KB5063878 (build 26100.4946), has triggered a narrowly distributed but severe storage regression: during sustained large...
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...
August Patch Tuesday Chaos: Broken PC Resets, Disappearing SSDs, and Microsoft’s Emergency Fix
Microsoft’s August 12, 2025 Patch Tuesday rollout, intended to patch dozens of security vulnerabilities including a zero‑day, spiraled into a crisis within days as two separate critical...
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...
KB5063878 Update Spurs SSD Vanishing Under Heavy Writes, Phison Confirms
A Windows 11 cumulative update released on August 12 is causing some SSDs and HDDs to suddenly disappear during large file transfers, and a major SSD controller maker has publicly acknowledged the...
Windows 11 KB5063878 Patch Triggers SSD Disappearances Under Heavy Write Loads, Community Warns
Microsoft’s August 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, tagged KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946), is under fire from enthusiasts and independent testers who say it can cause NVMe and SATA SSDs...
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...
Phison Acknowledges Windows 11 KB5063878 NVMe SSD Failures, Promises Firmware Fix
A single flawed Windows 11 cumulative update is bricking NVMe SSDs mid‑operation, and Phison—the dominant controller maker behind many of the affected drives—has confirmed it’s investigating....
Windows 11 Update Causes Catastrophic NVMe Failures: What You Need to Know
Microsoft's August 12, 2025, cumulative update for Windows 11 version 24H2, identified as KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946), is causing a subset of NVMe SSDs to become unresponsive and, in some cases,...