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Windows Users: Save These Files Now – Microsoft Warning

August 30, 2025 Lisa Park Tech
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Original source: forbes.com

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The Issue: Users have been reporting failing SSD drives and data corruption, particularly when ⁤saving‍ large files like games. Drives are sometimes disappearing from ⁤the operating system, and SMART data becomes unreadable.
initial Report: ⁢ The⁢ first report‍ came⁤ from @Necoru_cat on X⁣ (formerly Twitter), who suggested a problem with the drive cache and a high risk of ⁢file corruption.
Microsoft’s Investigation: Microsoft investigated the issue following reports potentially linking it to the‍ August 2025 Windows security update (KB5063878).
Microsoft’s Conclusion: Microsoft states thay⁤ found no connection ⁤ between the August 2025 update and the reported⁣ SSD failures. They⁤ claim ⁢the update did not cause the problem.
Media Coverage: Bleeping Computer summarized Microsoft’s findings, stating the update “didn’t kill your SSD.” Forbes* also covered the issue, with‍ a related article about potential file saving failures.

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