Windows 11: Update Causes SSDs to Slow Down and Users Are Complaining

Moment 2 Update for Windows 11 22H2, which was made publicly available by Microsoft last week, Slowness on laptops and desktops using SSD as main storage. There has been a lot of news about the problem on social media lately.

Complaints about poor performance mostly surfaced on Reddit. For example, the platform user identified as “mesp21” stated that the speed of his NVMe SSD has dropped by more than 50% since installing the operating system update on the machine.

In the broadcast, the internet user says Storage drive read speed increased from 7,000 MB/s to 3,000 MB/sreduces it to 1000 MB/s, enabling a more balanced power profile. There are several other similar complaints on the subject.

User “Sebascq” said that his laptop’s boot time increased from 14 seconds to 31 seconds after the Windows 11 update, while “Mrbigdog99” shared a screenshot comparing the SSD performance of his device before and after installing the patch. The data show a big drop.

Alternative solution

Because Microsoft hasn’t commented yet Slowdown on SSDs after Windows 11 Moment 2 update, users have looked for alternatives to end the problem. Uninstalling the update was the solution they found to maintain previous performance.

In this case, it is necessary to follow the path. Start > Settings > Windows Update > Update History > Uninstall Updates and select the latest package to uninstall. But before making such a decision, you should know that the update will lose bug fixes, potentially leaving your computer vulnerable, and new features introduced.

Compiling also ran into other problems, including a flaw in the operating system’s calendar.