In a week or two, Reports It was circulated that the last Windows 11 updates (specifically KB5063878 and KB5062660) caused some SSD to use Phiston control units. Technical influencers on YouTube and Tikhak Hurry to jump on damaged data reports and the disappearance of drives, which led to the direct blame on the feet of Microsoft. We do not say that any company is higher than lying to the audience, and Microsoft has a history of Rocky Update Rollouts, but both Microsoft and Phison claims that they were unable to re -create the problem.
Veson said he was aware of the reports that the Windows update was causing disk engines to fail on August 18 and began investigating the case. then He issued a statement On August 27, saying that after more than 2200 testing courses, it reached more than 4,500 hours, “” you were unable to reproduce the reported problem, and no partners or clients have informed that the case affected the drives of tablets at this time. “
Follow Microsoft Just a few days later, “After a comprehensive investigation, Microsoft did not find any link between the Windows security update in August 2025 and the types of hard drive failure reported on social media.”
This is not very surprising because the reports were somewhat limited. A Japanese user on Twitter It seems that the first to indicate that the Windows update was developing SSD and there were some comments claiming to have faced similar problems. However, there was no little evidence indicating that it was widespread and it is quite possible to be a local problem related to a bad set of drives. So it seems that there is a great reason for the belief that the Windows security update in August 2025 will fry the hard drive, regardless of what some elegant says on Tiktok.