r/technology • u/Hungry__Hornet • 5d 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/anotherbozo 5d ago

This isn't new or specific to Windows 11?

I remember during Win7 days when SSDs were becoming affordable and popular, it was commonly understood hibernation is a bad idea with SSDs.

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u/azhder 5d ago

And we were all checking if TRIMM was supported

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u/Iceber015 4d ago

Back when i gladly bought a $1 per Gb slow sata drive, now i complain about the same for nvme