floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoReport: Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt your datawww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up1669arrow-down112cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1657arrow-down1external-linkReport: Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt your datawww.neowin.netfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square170linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squaretekato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down9·2 months agoThe reporter’s own “test” proves this is caused by faulty drives unable to sustain the speed they advertise, not Windows.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 months agoAre you suggesting the drives are accessed more slowly before this update?
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoMaybe ? I know R/W speeds used to be a lot slower in Windows than Linux but I thought they fixed that a few years ago.
minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoThat’s mostly related to Windows Defender intercepting reads and writes and hasn’t truly been fixed. Sometimes it’s literally faster to read a database using WSL than the native system.
minus-squaretatterdemalion@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoWhy would IO speed be a factor in whether a user’s data is corrupted? That just sounds like a race condition.
The reporter’s own “test” proves this is caused by faulty drives unable to sustain the speed they advertise, not Windows.
Are you suggesting the drives are accessed more slowly before this update?
Maybe ? I know R/W speeds used to be a lot slower in Windows than Linux but I thought they fixed that a few years ago.
That’s mostly related to Windows Defender intercepting reads and writes and hasn’t truly been fixed.
Sometimes it’s literally faster to read a database using WSL than the native system.
Why would IO speed be a factor in whether a user’s data is corrupted? That just sounds like a race condition.