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Darren Allan

Microsoft claims Windows 11 is innocent of killing SSDs – but the mystery continues

A woman getting frustrated by her laptop.
  • Microsoft has finished its investigation into reports of an SSD-breaking bug
  • The company said the August update for Windows 11 isn't to blame
  • There are still reports of drive failures filtering in, though, and some folks aren't happy with Microsoft's conclusion

Microsoft has been investigating reports of the most recent Windows 11 update breaking some SSDs, and we now have the results of that endeavor – and the company found the August patch for the OS isn't to blame.

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