Security News > 2021 > February > Microsoft fixes Windows 10 drive corruption bug — what you need to know
Microsoft has fixed a Windows 10 bug that could cause NTFS volumes to become corrupted by merely accessing a particular path or viewing a specially crafted file.
Windows then prompts the user to reboot the computer and run chkdsk to fix the corruption.
Microsoft has said that the drive is not actually corrupted and Windows chkdsk will fix the problem.
With this week's release of Windows 10 Insider build 21322, Microsoft has included an undocumented fix that prevents the path from being accessed.
This fix has only landed in the Windows 10 Insider 'Dev' channel and not the Windows 10 21H1 'Beta' preview, the next feature update to be released this spring.
Unless Microsoft uplifts this fix to a Windows version being released sooner, we will likely be stuck with this bug for some time.
News URL
Related news
- Microsoft: Windows 11 “invites” coming to more Windows 10 Pro PCs (source)
- Microsoft says Windows 10 21H2 support is ending in June (source)
- Microsoft is bringing the Linux sudo command to Windows Server (source)
- Microsoft unveils new 'Sudo for Windows' feature in Windows 11 (source)
- Microsoft fixes Copilot issue blocking Windows 11 upgrades (source)
- Microsoft Introduces Linux-Like 'sudo' Command to Windows 11 (source)
- Microsoft tests Windows 11 ‘Super Resolution’ AI-upscaling for gamers (source)
- Windows 10 KB5034763 update released with new fixes, changes (source)
- Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for 73 Flaws, Including 2 Windows Zero-Days (source)
- Microsoft says it fixed a Windows Metadata server issue that’s still broken (source)