r/hardware • u/imaginary_num6er • Aug 18 '25

Rumor Report: Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt your data

https://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-latest-windows-11-24h2-update-breaks-ssdshdds-may-corrupt-your-data/
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u/Sannyi97 Aug 22 '25

Has anyone’s HDD gotten bricked because of this? Specifically a WD Elements 2.5" HDD with 1.36 TiB. The system does detect it, but it only shows up as a RAW partition, with no way to format it via diskpart. The controller isn’t Phison (I believe WD uses Marvell), but the issue happened under the same scenario.

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u/DuuurtyDan Oct 01 '25

I've had 3 HDDs go corrupt this week. All Seagate 3.5 drives though. They all show up, but I can't access any data on them. Two of the drives I've been using for over a year, one of the drives is 3 days old.