Windows 11 might be getting faster soon

Windows 11 is by no means a perfect operating system. Since the launch of the revolutionary new Windows OS, bugs have been present impacting performance on various devices. An issue affecting solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard drives reportedly slows some systems down more than 50%. Microsoft has yet to resolve the problem, but a new optional Windows 11 update could make the storage bug a thing of the past. 

Windows 11 KB5008353, the latest in a string of performance updates, finally seems to be addressing the issue with storage drives on Windows 11 devices. The proof of this comes in the form of user statements commenting on the increase in speed and decrease of storage drive issues across the board. The new update is entirely optional, and Microsoft says it also fixes another bug found in the USN journal, which caused strange performance regression issues. 

The bugs have been a holdup in productivity and usability since the product’s launch, with key updates attempting to rectify the issue. One such update was the December 2021 Cumulative Update shortly after Microsoft acknowledged the performance issues affecting all storage drives, including NVMe, HDD, and SSD. Microsoft said that the bug affected disks’ performance because it performs unnecessary actions at every occurrence of a write operation. 

This issue with the Cumulative Update is that it only improved performance for a limited number of users, not all. Reports persist of innumerable SSDs and HDDs still being much slower than should be the case. 

With the new update potentially making speed regression issues a thing of the past on Windows 11, the operating system is set to soar past the popularity of its older counterpart, Windows 10. To read more about how quickly Windows 11 has been adopted by users and some tips and tricks on using it to its full potential, take a look at some of our other articles.