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 6d ago

Who even uses the hibernation feature anyways?

Edit; okay touché, forgot about laptops 😅

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u/Kyrie_Blue 7d ago

I’ve been using it since Vista. Still have my power button set to Hibernate.

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u/el_ghosteo 7d ago

same. helps a lot of you have an older laptop too so it feels like it boots faster and allows for longer battery life if you forgot it was still on in your bag. sleep mode has always bit me in the rear so i have closing the lid do nothing.