Most of us agree that Gen5 SSDs are still pointless, even years after they first arrived on the scene. The blazing-fast read/write speeds they promise are a huge jump over those of Gen4 drives, but ...

When updating a piece of software as large and complex and old as Windows, you’re inevitably going to break something every once in a while. Microsoft tracks known issues here—generally they affect ...

Unless you keep all 512GB of your local files backed up to the cloud, having your computer drive crash on you is one of the worst nightmares there is. Just imagine being unable to access your precious ...

Word is circulating around the Internet that the latest Windows 11 update may be causing some potentially serious problems for SSD owners. More specifically, some users in Japan have reported that ...

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.

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 security update is triggering SSD failures during heavy data transfers, according to some reports. The issue came to attention late last week when an X (formerly Twitter) ...

Reports had suggested Windows 11 security updates were behind some recent SSD issues. Reports had suggested Windows 11 security updates were behind some recent SSD issues. is a senior editor and ...