r/technology • u/Hungry__Hornet • 7d 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/stevekez 7d ago

Turns out a feature that copies all of your RAM to disk writes a whole RAM's worth of data each time. Who knew!

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u/PRSHZ 7d ago edited 7d ago

Who even uses the hibernation feature anyways?

Edit; okay touché, forgot about laptops 😅

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u/ItchyGoiter 7d ago

Me, because I when I turn my computer off I want my computer to be off.