Bug in Windows 10 Ruining SSDs
Since January, most of the monthly updates rolled out by Microsoft has more bugs than fixes. One such update that’s highly criticized is the May 2020 update, which levels up the Windows 10 version to 2004 build, and promised many new features and improvements in designs. Yet, it has several bugs similar to previous updates. One critical bug that’s reported widely by the community is about the Disk Optimiser, which manages the disk defragmentation and checks the fragmented records. This has been affected by a bug in Windows 10 2004, where it’s now performing defragmentation of the disk, especially SSDs every time when they’re connected and started. The frequency has gone so up that, it’s now fragmenting 30 times more than regular, thus ruining its lifespan in the long run. Microsoft has acknowledged this issue and readied a patch, but it’s only available to Windows Insider users as of now. Yet, there’s a manual workaround. Here’s how;
