Microsoft’s Recent Windows 11 Update Allegedly Hurting SSD Performance

Microsoft's Recent Windows 11 Update Allegedly Hurting SSD Performance

Microsoft’s Recent Windows 11 Update Allegedly Hurting SSD Performance


Windows 11, although certain users have indicated that their SSDs become unrecognized after an undefined period while attempting to transfer a large file between drives.

Importantly, not every drive seems to be impacted, and user Necoru_cat reported on X that the problem is predominantly associated with transferring files larger than 50GB in size — particularly when moving either individual files or several files simultaneously if the SSD usage exceeds 60%.

The commenter also mentioned conducting tests on various drives and found that SSDs equipped with Phison NAND controllers tend to face the issue most frequently — although not all drives with this feature are affected. The Japanese site NichePCGamer validated these observations as well, highlighting that numerous drives such as the Corsair Force MP600 — which is equipped with a Phison E16 controller — alongside non-Phison drives, like SanDisk’s Extreme Pro M.2 NVMe, encounter the issue.

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