The company will finally fix the partition bug in Windows 10

Sep 13, 2016 11:48 GMT  ·  By

Soon after Microsoft rolled out the Windows 10 Anniversary Update on August 2, the firm started getting reports of a potential bug that might impact partitions on computers that upgrade to the new version.

Specifically, users were complaining that after installing the Anniversary Update, some of their partitions were no longer visible in Windows 10, making it impossible to access data that was stored here.

Without a doubt, many thought their data was gone, but Microsoft rushed to acknowledge the bug shortly after that, explaining that it was working on a fix, and no files were lost despite the fact that partitions were no longer visible.

And recently, Microsoft announced that a patch was ready, and it would release it to users as part of the next Windows update patch, without actually providing specifics on when exactly this is scheduled to take place.

“Thanks for everyone’s input and patience. Microsoft is planning to release a fix to address the majority of the misidentified partitions in an upcoming Windows Update,” a company engineer said.

Possibly releasing to insiders first

Furthermore, this message doesn’t state whether Windows insiders would get it first or not, but chances are they will given the fact that the original post also highlights the steps necessary to get updates as part of the Windows Insider program.

Until the new update ships, it’s important to keep in mind that your data is not lost and Microsoft says that you shouldn’t try to recover partitions by any means.

“Microsoft is aware of this issue and is working on a solution to be released through Windows Update.  Any data you have stored on the affected partition is still there.  We recommend that you not try to recover or otherwise write data to the affected partition, nor should you format the partition,” the company originally said.

The next Patch Tuesday takes place today, so a new batch of updates will be here in just a few hours, but it’s not yet clear if this fix will be included or not.