Comment on Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Bug That Locks Users Out of the C: Drive
brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agofrom the article
The issue appears mainly on Samsung laptops and can prevent users from accessing files or launching applications.
Having a computer that cannot launch applications, let alone access files, is basically the same as not having a working computer.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
But it can boot into Windows, which is also on the C drive? So it’s not locking users out of the C drive, it’s locking users out of parts of the C drive.
luluberlue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
The boot process isn’t an user process, Windows would still be able to use the C:/ drive for itself, for every other user software though, that’s another story…
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
So only the user process is locked out of the C drive, not the boot/system. Fortunately, the way Windows 10/11 works by default, if you sign into a Microslop account, it backs all that stuff up to OneDrive. At least your documents. And no one’s saying it’s not bad, it just seems like most affected individuals will be able to go about most of their day. I have a Mac, so I
don’t need to worry about any of thishave separate issues to worry about.luluberlue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Having OneDrive wouldn’t help as you still won’t be able to use programs as a user, which is pretty much the reason we use computers in the first place, this bug effectively makes whole computers glorified paperweight in the meantime.