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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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I help run a service that uses hundreds of Windows boxes, and at any one time two or three of them always seem to have a borked windows update state. Recovery is utter fucking voodoo, and it's usually better to flatten a machine than attempt to repair things. A while back I installed a couple racks of shiny, new, absolutely identical servers (except for MAC addresses) with factory-imaged operating systems, and had tw…

My favourite Windows bug is the Start Menu search function. Install Windows Server 2016 or 2019 in any manner you choose: Blank VM with ISO image, new Azure VM from Microsoft template, whatever . Try using the Start Menu. Nothing will work. The search upon typing will not show all items. If you click on a search result, it won't launch. Type "SQL" to try and match "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio" and be shock…

I've seen this on Windows 10. There are a bunch of suggestions online but none of them worked for me. I ended up re-installing to fix the problem.

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

#152

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>Oh well, I guess I will be using Macbooks for the rest of my life https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/15/macos-big-sur-update-br... Dropping quality is happening everywhere.

Yes, agreed. But at this point you want to buy the products that has decreased the least in terms of quality. In my experience, that usually means apple.

It seems to me that Linux has only steadily increased in quality for the past few years. Dell now support Linux out of the box, and System 76 is Bringing Linux to the Mainstream user.

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

#153

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I know we're basically comparing anecdotes, but I've been surprised at how much more I've come to trust my windows workstation than my Mac in the past few years. I can't actually remember the last time my Windows workstation crashed outright (if ever?) but my Mac locks up at least 2-3 times per week. I also have to be extremely careful to avoid high memory pressure under Big Sur now, otherwise Finder spirals into a r…

On work, I never had so much trouble, like with my HP ZBook and Win10. It had already once a complete reset, but still, I have a lot of trouble. Special since the new BIOS update about a month ago, it crashes once or twice a day again. In theorie Win10 looks nice. I tryed to upgrade one of my notebooks at home from Win7 to Win10. Privacy is one thing, but CandyCrush and things like that, was a totaly show stopper for…

Candy Crush et al. is uninstallable with three clicks. And that’s it, slightly annoying, but it won’t slow down your machine or anything.

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

#154

Yep, this happened to me. Destroyed my entire data on my SSD, and forced me to Linux. Now I've literally ditched Windows, save for MS Office, and am currently using Linux for code, and even recently games, since they seem to run faster in Ubuntu.

Linux gaming has really come a long way in the recent few years. I only wish macOS would be getting the same support.

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

#155
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I help run a service that uses hundreds of Windows boxes, and at any one time two or three of them always seem to have a borked windows update state. Recovery is utter fucking voodoo, and it's usually better to flatten a machine than attempt to repair things. A while back I installed a couple racks of shiny, new, absolutely identical servers (except for MAC addresses) with factory-imaged operating systems, and had tw…

My favourite Windows bug is the Start Menu search function. Install Windows Server 2016 or 2019 in any manner you choose: Blank VM with ISO image, new Azure VM from Microsoft template, whatever . Try using the Start Menu. Nothing will work. The search upon typing will not show all items. If you click on a search result, it won't launch. Type "SQL" to try and match "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio" and be shock…

I suspect that search indexing is slow and you weren't patient enough. Leave that machine a week and everything will be indexed...

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

#156
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Are people seeing ads in Windows 10? I often hear this, but I've never seen an ad (except MSFT's own ads getting to to try its new Edge browser.)

Oh, heck yes. Can I count the ways? - The Start Menu shows "suggested apps" by default - On first install/boot, the Start Menu is preloaded with about 10 sponsored apps, and many of them install automatically even if you don't click them. - These sponsored apps have a tendency to reinstall themselves _even after you just uninstalled them_ if you haven't rebooted your computer at least once or twice after first boot u…

"- The Mail app comes with an "Upgrade to Office 365" button always visible."

By right-clicking on the button you can hide it completely.

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

#157

I paused updates until next year. Hopefully this gets resolved.

Why bother? Do you manually run chkdsk /f for no apparent reason?

FWIW, the error doesn't even occur if you use the recommended (and much faster) chkdsk /scan followed by chkdsk /spotfix combo.

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

#159

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

The difference was a decade ago you could simply defer updates when someone reported online it borked their system.

Now you're forced into it, like it or not.

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

#160

Overwhelming desire to run this wusa /uninstall /KB:4592438 should I?

No need. This is just as overblown a reaction.

First of all there's no reason to ever run chkdsk/f in the first place if there are no problems with your SSD.

Secondly, just never use chkdsk /f - chkdsk /scan is faster, requires no restart and no further action is needed if no problems were found. Problems can be fixed using chkdsk /spotfix otherwise, which doesn't cause any problems.

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