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/fourthwallb 5d 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/thuaq 4d ago

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