Windows 10: CRITICAL BUG: Windows 10 will randomly disconnect storage drives (incl. boot drive) from...

This is a bug report, not a question. I'm not sure where else to post this, but it should be urgently fixed as it is a problem that can affect all W10 users.


Ever since around last August, Windows 10 has been randomly disconnecting some or usually all of my storage drives (HDDs, SSDs) from the system (including my boot drive), causing all sorts of IO read/write problems. W10 remains running because it is still loaded in memory. This tends to happen after the computer wakes up from sleep.


Not being able to open or save files is a given, but random freezing and halts are another major problem. Restarting or shutting down can fail as the OS is unable to read/write, meaning a forced restart is necessary. It looks like this in the Task Manager:





As you can see, no storage drives are visible because the OS has disconnected them. The only way to rectify this issue is to restart the computer (by force). Going to the Device Manager to Scan for Hardware Changes does not redetect them, and attempting to access Storage/Disk Management does not work either.


Additionally, forcing a restart after this problem occurs will cause rollbacks with certain programs. That is, programs will likely return to a previous state and/or reset their settings, or even act as if they were newly installed. You also get logged out of pretty much every program you're logged into. Also, any files that were open while the storage drives were disconnected will lose data (even if it's already saved), and/or become corrupted altogether.


This bug probably occurs once every monthly or so, but that is a ballpark estimate. My PC is a workstation, so it is running all the time except for when I sleep it for the night. I never restart or shut down unless I absolutely need to. This bug definitely needs to be addressed and fixed.

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CRITICAL BUG: As of a semi-recent update, Windows 10 will randomly disconnect all storage drives (incl. boot drive) from system, causing IO problems, freezing, data corruption

This is a bug report, not a question. I'm not sure where else to post this, but it should be promptly fixed as it is a problem that can affect all W10 users.

Ever since I updated around 2-3 months ago, Windows 10 has been randomly disconnecting all of my storage drives (HDDs, SSDs) from the system (including my boot drive), causing all sorts of IO read/write problems. W10 remains running because it is still loaded
in memory.

Not being able to open or save files is a given, but random freezing and halts are another major problem.
Restarting or shutting down can fail as the OS is unable to read/write, meaning a forced restart is necessary.
It looks like this in the Task Manager:





As you can see, no storage drives are visible because the OS has disconnected them. The only way to rectify this issue is to restart the computer (by force). Going to the Device Manager to Scan for Hardware Changes does not redetect them, and attempting
to access Storage/Disk Management does not work either.

Additionally, forcing a restart after this problem occurs will cause rollbacks with certain programs. That is, programs may return to a previous state and reset their settings, or even act as if they were reinstalled. In my case, Greenshot and Steam
were affected by this. Also, any files that were open while the storage drives were disconnected can lose any data (even if it's already saved), or become corrupted altogether.

This bug probably occurs once every 2-3 weeks or so, but that is a ballpark estimate. My PC is a workstation, so it is running all the time except for when I sleep it for the night. I never restart or shut down unless I absolutely need to. This bug definitely
needs to be addressed and fixed.

 

Windows 10 boot drive

Is Windows 10 also limited to a max of 3Tb for a boot drive?

 

Storage space keeps reporting a drive is disconnected

I've created a three-drive, parity storage space under Windows 10. On an occasional, though not infrequent basis, it reports one of the drives is "disconnected". But the drive is, in fact, connected hardware-wise. The only thing that I've found that corrects
this is to shut-down the computer and then start it. A restart does not correct this error. After the shut-down/start-up, it finds the drive and repairs the pool. It has now happened twice since installing Windows 10 just over a week ago.

I am wondering if this might be related to one of the drives being connected as a IDE "slave". I don't know why that would matter given there's nothing really different operationally between a slave vs master IDE but it is one thing I've noted. The motherboard
supports six SATA2 ports though the BIOS allows for eight IDE connections. Here's how they're currently connected:

• 0 master - Boot SSD drive
• 0 slave - empty
• 1 master - CD/DVD
• 1 slave - Storage SSD drive
• 2 master - Storage SSD drive
• 3 master - Storage SSD drive
• 4 master - not supported by hardware
• 4 slave - not supported by hardware

Specifications:

• This is a clean install of Windows 10 x64, 8GB ram, E8400 Core Duo. BIOS is up-to-date.
• Boot drive is Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB.
• Storage Space is comprised of three Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB set for parity.