Microsoft Says Windows 11 Security Update Isn’t Behind Widespread SSD Crashes; The Question Remains, Who’s Really to Blame?

OSTN Staff

WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD installed on a motherboard under blue lighting.

The Windows 11 SSD fiasco has apparently taken a new turn, as, according to Microsoft, its latest security update didn’t affect storage drives at all, but consumer reports say something otherwise. Microsoft Is Unable to Reproduce SSD Crashes With The New Security Updates, Ruling Out Their Involvement For those unaware, the recent Windows 11 ‘KB5063878’ security update caused SSDs to crash, specifically when they were under high-volume write instances. The issue wasn’t specific to just a single vendor or SSD manufacturer; rather, it was more generic, which indicated that anyone out there with a storage drive could face the problem. […]

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