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Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with KB4592438 installed

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Re: Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with KB4592438 installed

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Post by stqism »

causality0 wrote: post #4

I feel like Windows Update didn't used to be such a shitshow. Was I just not paying close enough attention a decade ago?

This is entirely rosy retrospection, Windows update has always been a nightmare.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_retrospection

Re: Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with KB4592438 installed

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Post by joshuaissac »

causality0 wrote: post #4

I feel like Windows Update didn't used to be such a shitshow. Was I just not paying close enough attention a decade ago?

Apparently, Microsoft disbanded the Windows Test team and switched from testing on real hardware to virtualised hardware a few years ago.[1]

1. https://www.ghacks.net/2019/09/23/former-microsoft-employee-...

Re: Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with KB4592438 installed

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Post by game_the0ry »

This article immediately reminded me of a video I saw a while ago.[1]

The long and short - MS basically laid off the staff that tested Windows, and much of it is automated nowadays (I bet the MBA educated executive at MS who was responsible for that got PHAT bonus, at the expense of Windows customers and laid off testing staff, of course). Seems like it happened in 2015, which is why it seems that windows updates have been more unstable in the last couple of years.[2]

I really want to like windows, but Apple's M1 and Linux's community make it hard to ever love windows again.

Oh well, I guess I will be using Macbooks for the rest of my life. Which, actually, isn't so bad I guess.

FWIW - I would say this is unacceptable on microsoft's part. Windows is the default operating system of corporate america, department of defense, etc. Imagine if an update would brick Wells Fargo or the US Army.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9kn8_oztsA

[2] https://www.businessinsider.com/former-microsoft-employee-ta...

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