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Root cause for why Windows 11 is breaking or corrupting SSDs may have been found [View all]
Short of it is that the problem seems to be with pre-release firmware for PHISON controllers of SSD drives.
Any off the shelf SSD's should be fine.
https://www.neowin.net/news/root-cause-for-why-windows-11-is-breaking-or-corrupting-ssds-may-have-been-found/
HOWEVER, regularly back up your system.
A Chinese DIY computer group ...
PCDIY! testing has revealed that the SSDs crashing and crashing due to the Windows 11 update were using pre-release, pre-final versions of the engineering firmware. Because all SSD manufacturers selling products using PHISON controllers purchase their products from the original manufacturer and ship them in bulk using mass-production tools, the SSDs delivered to consumers are already using the official firmware. The official firmware has been thoroughly tested and verified, and does not exhibit the anomalies often seen with engineering firmware.
Thus it appears that anyone who purchased an NVMe SSD from a retail store should not have to worry as the final production firmware of drives do not have this issue, which is why Phison or Microsoft did not find any problems during their testing as it is likely only retail-ready products were tested.
If you are, however, encountering troubles of a similar nature then it is worth doing a firmware update on your SSD; but do ensure to back up your data before, just in case.
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