A built-in disk checker has broken in Windows, reports the Windows Latest edition citing users of the operating system.
The problem is related to the Check Disk utility that comes with every copy of the OS from Microsoft default. The program is designed to test the state of hard drives and fix errors; it has no graphical interface and is called by the chkdsk command. Windows users noticed that after the December updates appeared, the Check Disk system began to work incorrectly.
In particular, computer owners noted that when using the utility, the number of cases of critical failures increased. As a rule, checking the status of the disk is interrupted by an error, often a Blue screen of death (BSoD) appears.
As of this writing, Microsoft has not commented on the hardware issue. Journalists associate the appearance of the error with the release of a new OS update, but do not name a specific reason. The negative consequences of the error are known: in particular, it is noted that when checking SSD-drives, Windows displays a message about an NTFS file system failure. The authors explained that this could lead to data loss.
In November, users of the operating system from Microsoft complained about the release of updates that messed up Windows laptops. The owners of the devices complained that after putting their devices into sleep mode and exiting it, a “blue screen of death” appears.