Booting from a USB stick is very helpful for many purposes. However, many factors have to be right for the boot to work ...

Luckily, there are a few ways to monitor your SSD’s health using SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) built into storage devices and software utilities that interface with it.

Once your data is backed up, perform a full reset of Windows 10. Go to Settings, then Update & Security, then Recovery, and choose Reset this PC. Next, select Remove everything and then choose to ...

A recent Windows security update is causing issues with some SSDs, but Phison says it's not related to its controllers.

TL;DR: Recent reports linked Windows 11 security updates KB5063878 and KB5062660 to SSD failures during large data transfers, especially on DRAM-less drives with Phison controllers. However, after ...

Though limited by motherboard bifurcation capabilities (4x4x4x4 is required for all four slots to operate), the Hyper M.2 x16 ...

Since the August 2025 release of Windows 11 update KB5063878, many users have started reporting serious issues online. Many have found that their previously healthy SSD/HDDs are not recognized on ...

Microsoft's recent Windows 11 update, KB5063878, is causing concern among users. Reports indicate that this security patch might be damaging storage drives, particularly SSDs. Users have noticed that ...

Microsoft has found no link between the August 2025 KB5063878 security update and customer reports of failure and data corruption issues affecting solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft released the August 2025 security update for Windows 10 and 11. Shortly after, a rather concerning report emerged about Windows updates breaking SSDs and corrupting data.

Earlier this month, we reported on a potentially fatal issue for SSDs that could be breaking drives and corrupting user data. The issue was apparently a side-effect of buggy Windows 11 KB5063878 and ...

Earlier this month, some Windows 11 users shared that their storage drives stopped working after a recent operating system update, with some early reports saying that Phison-powered drives were hit ...