"Tech influencers on YouTube and TikTok were quick to jump on the reports of corrupted data and disappearing drives, laying the blame squarely at Microsoft's feet. We're not saying any company is above lying to the public, and Microsoft has a history of rocky update rollouts, but both Microsoft and Phison claim they've been unable to recreate the issue."
"Phison said it was made aware of reports that the Windows update was causing drives to fail on August 18th and began investigating the issue. Then it issued a statement on August 27th saying that after running over 2,200 test cycles totaling more than 4,500 hours it was, "unable to reproduce the reported issue, and no partners or customers have reported that the issue affected their drives at this time.""
"Microsoft followed up just a few days later by saying that, "After thorough investigation, Microsoft has found no connection between the August 2025 Windows security update and the types of hard drive failures reported on social media.""
Reports claimed that Windows 11 updates KB5063878 and KB5062660 were causing some Phison-controller SSDs to fail, with influencers amplifying claims of corrupted data and disappearing drives. Phison began investigating on August 18 and reported on August 27 that after more than 2,200 test cycles and over 4,500 hours it was unable to reproduce the reported issue and received no partner or customer reports of affected drives. Microsoft completed its own investigation and found no connection between the August 2025 security update and the reported hard drive failures. The initial reports were limited and may reflect localized issues such as a bad batch of drives.
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