Social media has recently been lit up with claims that a recent Windows update is killing SSDs . According to Microsoft, Windows isn’t at fault. In fact, recent reports show that this problem only occurs on drives with pre-release firmware updates from storage manufacturer Phison. (Pre-release firmware updates are internal builds that never should’ve seen the light of day in actual consumer hardware.)

The good news is, the latest Windows update won’t kill your SSD. Even if you’re affected, you can restore your drive with a firmware update. The bad news is, your SSD can still fail for a number of other reasons .

Putting Windows Update aside, let’s talk about some of the other real threats to your SSD and what you can do to protect it.

Check for SSD firmware updates

SSD manufacture

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