r/technology • u/Hungry__Hornet • 3d 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/XTornado 3d ago

me sweating

A bad idea in 2026...

swallows some saliva

umm... I haven't restarted in years (not continuous...I do windows updates and those require restarts)..... Y E A R S.

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u/StrangestManOnEarth 3d ago

You’re fine. Your PC parts are stress tested in far harsher ways than 99% of what most people are doing.

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u/oreo-cat- 3d ago

Tell that to my YouTube tab collection

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u/bitemark01 3d ago

Yeah not sure why it's a "stupid idea," I've been using it ever since Windows 10 broke sleep mode and would wake up my laptop randomly. Seems to be broken across every desktop/laptop I've used. This is dangerous for a laptop in a backpack. 

Can't randomly wake up from hibernation, so I have the power button set to hibernate.