floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agoReport: Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt your datawww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1516arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareEximius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 hours agoSecureErase would overwrite the whole drive (potentially multiple times). So if the ssd was close to dead, it might have just triggered it.
minus-squarezer0bitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoI see. Well the SSD was used and few years old. Some Samsung SSD from a OEM build. I did run SMART tests on it like year ago and it was ok/healthy. Time to fill it with linux isos and seed them with torrentz until it breaks completely.
SecureErase would overwrite the whole drive (potentially multiple times). So if the ssd was close to dead, it might have just triggered it.
I see. Well the SSD was used and few years old. Some Samsung SSD from a OEM build. I did run SMART tests on it like year ago and it was ok/healthy.
Time to fill it with linux isos and seed them with torrentz until it breaks completely.