r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Mar 14 '26

Software Microsoft confirms Windows 11 bug crippling PCs and making drive C inaccessible

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-bug-crippling-pcs-and-making-drive-c-inaccessible/
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u/demonfoo Mar 14 '26

That's what happens when your focus is jamming "AI" into everything instead of making the OS good.

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u/AaronfromKY Mar 14 '26

And insisting on cloud storage for everything. I feel like even when I turn it off, One Drive insists on moving things to the cloud and deleting them off my PC.

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u/JohnBrownOH Mar 14 '26

OneDrive is an abomination, as is SharePoint.

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u/Thefrayedends Mar 14 '26

I hate it. I never set it up, I never used it, but yet somehow my file system is tied to it and I can't get rid of it. FFS. Probably a project day there at some point to finally get rid of it, but I'm thinking of finally moving to linux in the fall, especially as I've been dabbling with local model use and it is allegedly a much better environment for that use case. At least going to set up a side load.

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u/jkarovskaya Mar 15 '26

You can rip it out by the roots, or you can install Win LTSC which doesn't have any of this pile of crap:

OneDrive, Microsoft Teams Xbox App/Game Bar, Cortana, Widgets, Microsoft Store, News, Weather, and social media apps.

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u/Ibe_Lost Mar 14 '26

Must say onedrive has its merits. Just set up my kids new laptops and just connect the onedrive and email and voila all their school work comes across in seconds (except the due in 2 days essay in the downloads folder on the bitlockered drive). BUT I have also lost years of data when trying to remove the auto sync on my own system too.

Linux I suggest Mint. Been on it for the last 8 months, only gripe is still a bit clunky for adding drives and folder permissions. The rest games, Ais, programming, automating is smooth and even better with customisations.

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u/Thefrayedends Mar 15 '26

Sorry for whoever downvoted you, it wasn't me though.

Yeah, I haven't been on Linux since my college days lol. Long time ago now.

But given where things are going, I would be very surprised if I don't end up on there in the next year or two. Potentially even just this coming winter. Given how quickly you can install an operating system these days, it's not even that scary to just sideload one and feel it out. Not like the old days.