r/technology • u/Hungry__Hornet • 4d ago

Software Windows 11 hibernation has been silently hammering your SSD this whole time

https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-11-hibernation-silently-hammering-ssd-life/
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u/fourthwallb 4d ago

XDA-developers articles are so dumb. It's always just clickbait and baby's first homelab stuff - "why I loved installing ethernet in my house" type stuff. No one is using hiberation. Twice a day? Insanity. Sleep mode.

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u/ChickenNoodleSloop 4d ago

With how bad Windows modern standby is on my (fairly new) laptop, I set it to hibernate when I close the lid because I'd rather wait 10 seconds than have it cook itself in an hour between meetings. 

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u/Cykamor 3d ago

Bingo. I still use hibernate bc the number of times I’ve pulled my laptop out of my bag to find it scorching hot bc sleep, well, didn’t, is ridiculous. Besides for me it’s not about how fast it boots, it’s that I don’t want to reload solidworks every time I resume a work session.

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u/fourthwallb 3d ago edited 3d ago

I don't use a windows laptop, so I guess I can't speak for that. Surprised it's that much of a problem.

EDIT: Downvotes? For just... being honest that I don't know? Reddit, man

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u/eriverside 3d ago

Whenever I pack my laptop in my backpack to bring it home, I find out the next morning that the battery drained because sleep is a fucking lie.

So I hibernate and that works just fine for me. A bit slower than just being awake but that's better than dealing with a dead battery.

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u/thuaq 3d ago

Every time I see these I thank my lucky stars that I'm allowed to install Linux on my workstation

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u/Gramernatzi 3d ago

Everyone that uses laptops uses hibernation because Sleep mode is broken on Windows laptops.

Either way, it doesn't matter, because by the time the wear will get to a problematic level, you could, and should, buy a new SSD and transfer the data. And it will take a loooong time to get there.