Turn off/delay automatic updates in the windows update section vs services. Choose 1 week etc...

Uninstalling the security update might cause some issues.

Has not given me any trouble.

BTW - in Settings>Windows Update just 'Pause Updates' for 2 weeks, come back once a week and reset that to 2 weeks again.

Microsoft has done everything it can to convince you not to use Windows. It has sabotaged the system in every way possible. It is trying to make copying files impossible by corrupting and deleting them. It is making sure to make system restore unusable. Microsoft is trying to fire as many internal staff as possible. An unprecedented effort to push you onto other platforms, and you still don't want to understand. Attempts to force automatic updates to self-destruct. And it's better not to ask for the system's source code anymore, it contains more swear words in comments than good programming.

Windows doesn't break anything. You must be trying to do something strange with your computer. If you use it the way you're supposed to, Windows will always work.

Originally posted by Mysterious X:

So the news broke that this update is damaging SSDs and i'm trying to roll back to previous update but windows keeps reinstalling it, i tried turning off automatic updates through services but it keeps turning itself on, how do i turn off?

my B... update is through since more than a week...successfully. i have ssds:
kingston sata 6gb ssd 500gb
verbatim sata 6gb ssd 500gb
and...a sata 4tb hdd /5700 rpm made by HGST/bought used on amzon.de.
you have my data. my pc runs all day and night.

so:
how did you fail updating windows? please?

i dont want to be offensive.
thx for reading this. it is not an opinion...it was the truth.

cu.

Originally posted by brutus_teh_tank:

Originally posted by Mysterious X:

So the news broke that this update is damaging SSDs and i'm trying to roll back to previous update but windows keeps reinstalling it, i tried turning off automatic updates through services but it keeps turning itself on, how do i turn off?

my B... update is through since more than a week...successfully. i have ssds:
kingston sata 6gb ssd 500gb
verbatim sata 6gb ssd 500gb
and...a sata 4tb hdd /5700 rpm made by HGST/bought used on amzon.de.
you have my data. my pc runs all day and night.

so:
how did you fail updating windows? please?

i dont want to be offensive.
thx for reading this. it is not an opinion...it was the truth.

cu.

i'm trying to roll back to the previous update but when ever i do that windows keeps reinstalling the new problematic update which people are saying have some kind of a bug that is damaging, erasing or straight up bricking drives, better to be safe than sorry.

What the update is (apparently) doing, is breaking the memory controller of some drives (Both SSD and HDD), and that happens when the drive is above 60% capacity, and transferring (Mostly writing) large files above 50GB in size (So, all those shiny AAA games would fall into this)

Microsoft has confirmed (last i saw) that they're looking into this, and data CAN be lost when the drive disconnects.
That DOESN'T mean every drive will fail under these conditions, just that it has the POTENTIAL to do so. Phison drives have been having the finger pointed at, but that's most likely because of the larger pool of Phison drives. It's not exclusive to them though, and things from Corsair MP600's to Samsung 990's have been rumoured to suffer all the same.

Best course of action? I'd say delay the update and let MS fix it. Better that, than losing your holiday snaps, your modded Skyrim or your data workhorse simply because you chanced it.

Windows update patch KB5063875 is what is affecting SSD to corrupt or disappear under high load over 60% usage or greater than 50GB data writes.

If still on Win 10, Win 11 build 22H2 or Win 11 build 23H2 (24H2 is unaffected by it)... Type "winver" (without the quotes) under your run/search box on the menu bar to check your version.

It is a nightmare for gamers or those who download GBs of data (such as a game download) upon SSD (Solid State Drives). Your entire SSD drive might just disappear or become corrupted. Locked encryption if using Bitlocker too. Reset and recovery might not even work.

Microsoft will release a emergency out-of-band-update for it soon.

You could either update to the latest Win 11 build 24H2 or if you are on one of the affected OS pause your Windows updates (a few days or week - should be patched asap), then roll back KB5063875 from your Windows Update History (if already installed). Avoid downloading large amount of data or using the SSD over 60% load before the removal of that update or the emergency patch over it.

This was a previous issue addressed and resolved in the out-of-band (OOB) update KB5063875. Yet the new KB5063875 will overwrite that.

If already affected, instead try installing and using out-of-band (OOB) update 5066189:
https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066189

That is for Win 11 version 23H2 or 22H2.

For Win 10, use instead: Windows 10 KB5066188 (OS Builds 19044.6218 and 19045.6218) Out-of-band

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/august-19-2025-kb5066188-os-builds-19044-6218-and-19045-6218-out-of-band-decbec0f-fddb-4dc0-b91b-ed59001ce0d8

It's the same as before but a later KB version so won't be overwritten by the other patch. It supersedes previous updates of affected versions. It just doesn't contain the August 2025 security update, till they fix KB5063875.

Originally posted by Mysterious X:

Originally posted by brutus_teh_tank:

my B... update is through since more than a week...successfully. i have ssds:
kingston sata 6gb ssd 500gb
verbatim sata 6gb ssd 500gb
and...a sata 4tb hdd /5700 rpm made by HGST/bought used on amzon.de.
you have my data. my pc runs all day and night.

so:
how did you fail updating windows? please?

i dont want to be offensive.
thx for reading this. it is not an opinion...it was the truth.

cu.

i'm trying to roll back to the previous update but when ever i do that windows keeps reinstalling the new problematic update which people are saying have some kind of a bug that is damaging, erasing or straight up bricking drives, better to be safe than sorry.

people that can write software app's are less stoopid, than a lot steampowered.com users...why? them wrote software for users and not for me, only. so? windows is a tons of data software (5gb at least) and coders which are geniusses make software errors, too. thats it mainly. i guess for you: try a clean install of windows 11 and go offline. next: go to this website called WSUS Offline:

https://download.wsusoffline.net/

why:
on this website u can download a software to do any windows 11 update if yo want to.
so, why? the problem update can be excluded in case you need windows 11, but you must be offline to make the system secure. this should work. no one who works with windows 11 must be online.

thats the trick i suggest and if i am wrong, make friends with me in my steam friendship list and we can chat.

i hope this isnt offensive at all.
thank you.

Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Windows update patch KB5063875 is what is affecting SSD to corrupt or disappear under high load over 60% usage or greater than 50GB data writes.

50g is not alot of writes
with games getting larger it will find many problems when people try to install one or two using steam
if you remember gta5 takes over 100g of space for steam to install/update
which would murder one of the effected drives with the patch applied

Originally posted by PlanktonHatesTheWorld:

Windows doesn't break anything... If you use it the way you're supposed to, Windows will always work.

Why do you speak of "Windows" as if there is only one OS, and not a number of OSes that vary (very) significantly in respective merits and drawbacks?

Originally posted by Liquid Inc:

Phison drives have been having the finger pointed at, but that's most likely because of the larger pool of Phison drives.

Not just drives, controllers. Other companies use Phison controllers in their NVMEs, Corsair for example.

Originally posted by PlanktonHatesTheWorld:

Windows doesn't break anything. You must be trying to do something strange with your computer. If you use it the way you're supposed to, Windows will always work.

Do you even know what you are talking about ?

https://www.techpowerup.com/340032/microsoft-windows-11-24h2-update-may-cause-ssd-failures

Originally posted by Dr. Peppermill:

Not just drives, controllers. Other companies use Phison controllers in their NVMEs, Corsair for example.

Yup.

Pausing is the best option IMHO.

Originally posted by Liquid Inc:

Originally posted by Dr. Peppermill:

Not just drives, controllers. Other companies use Phison controllers in their NVMEs, Corsair for example.

Yup.

Pausing is the best option IMHO.

Not for me, I installed KB5063878 several days ago and I can't uninstall it.

Speaking honestly I don't think this is a widespread issue. In addition to the Japanese guy there are quite a few reports about this. Maybe the conditions that trigger this aren't just "50GB+ write on a disk full at least 60%" but much more complex.

disconnect from internet, remove the temp files for update, uninstall, reboot, disable update, connect again