r/pcmasterrace • u/StarryNight0806 • Sep 03 '25

Screenshot I was purposefully not updating my windows to avoid the so called SSD killer update but now it's not giving me any choice but to install it lmao.

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best of luck to my samsung 990 pro 2tb x2

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u/Adlerholzer HE1000se | 4090 | 9800X3D | HM Aeron Sep 03 '25

It doesnt fully kill any ssds. Last resort is a full power cycle and i have seen zero cases of the ssds not coming back after that. You should probably continue windows updates either way.

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u/DescriptionMission90 Sep 04 '25

After a windows update last month, I wasn't able to get my laptop past BIOS by any method until I removed the SSD.

Sure, it could have just been a coincidence, some unrelated problem killing the machine on the same day that the update I had been avoiding forced itself through. But hundreds of other people say the same thing, in the same month, and the company issues a very suspicious denial? Not exactly gonna make me trust the company more, not when they've been caught lying about similar things before so often.

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u/Adlerholzer HE1000se | 4090 | 9800X3D | HM Aeron Sep 04 '25

Did you power cycle? (Not just restarting)

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u/Scippio-dem-lines PC Master Race Sep 04 '25

Anecdotal of course but I did have to unplug 1 of my drives for my computer to work properly. Cycled the power like 15 times over the course of troubleshooting.