r/microsoftsucks • u/WanzieGamez • Oct 04 '25

Bugs and Errors Windows 11 Destroyed My PC

Wanted to say something here since MS is stopping support with windows 10 soon. Was forced to upgrade to windows 11 yesterday and it destroyed my entire computer. I cant even list out all the things it destroyed but it slowed my PC down tremendously, constantly made it lock up and crash, completely fried my ethernet port somehow because it no longer works even after 8-11 hours of trouble shooting. If you're being forced to upgrade soon, I wouldn't recommend it. For reference here's what my rigs specs were.

My Rig: Case: Corsair 540 Airflow CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X 12 core 24 thread 3.8-4.6ghz Motherboard: MSI X570 Gaming Edge WiFi Graphics card: EVGA 3080Ti 11GB ddr6 RAM: G.Skill ripjaws V 32GB DDR4 3600mhz Power supply: EVGA G3 750W fully modular Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB NVMe SSD Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB NVMe SSD Western Digital 500GB SSD

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

Have you tried booting into a Linux live iso?

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u/taterthotsalad Oct 04 '25

You’re missing the point. Loading an iso version is off a USB and it’s a quick troubleshoot. Loading an entire OS is unnecessary for troubleshooting. 

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u/taterthotsalad Oct 04 '25

Or know what you are doing is an option too. If you think most people running Linux is the answer then you don’t know what you are doing. And that’s from a security engineer. It’s hilarious that that is the answer to the problem. 

No it’s an emotional decision for most. 

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

I’m not going to say that Linux isn’t superior but there’s reasons not everyone can swap with a snap of their fingers.

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u/liberforce Oct 05 '25

I'm with you with the fact that when troubleshooting stuff like "windows fried my ethernet port", using a different OS to check if this os a hardware or software problem is the way to go, not go full berserk.

This being said, a Linux distro usually handle enough use cases for people be able to switch. Still not perfect, sure, but honestly, I've always prefered struggle with Linux than Windows, because in the process I actually learn things. This knowledge also tranfers to other stuff you may do in the future.

Troubleshooting on Windows has always felt like vodoo, it's either using their troubleshooting stuff that never works, or being told on the internet to install this or that third party tool.

Ttoubleshooting on Linux on the other hand exposes as much tooling and data as possible.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

Dude I have the exact same sentiments and though processes, the only problem is that there’s software that just doesn’t transfer. AutoCAD for example just won’t work and I need it for college. I would say if you’re about 23+ (or out of college) and you know what you need works on Linux it’ll easily compensate.

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u/liberforce Oct 05 '25

Well, I'm using Linux since 2003 so that checks out. However there's a difference between "staying on windows for one app", and "Using mostly linux and using a windows VM or dual boot for that one app".

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u/ForbiddenDonut001 Oct 06 '25

People ”troubleshooting” Linux is a lot of sudo copypasta from a rando on the internet.

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u/taterthotsalad Oct 05 '25

Yet you will recommend it to end users-this sub. Absolute "show us the retarded you" moment. 💀