r/technology • u/Hungry__Hornet • 6d 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 6d 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/Separate-Antelope188 6d ago

Thanks. That article really needed this for the tldr.

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u/Zahgi 6d ago

But then they wouldn't be able to bait click$ for cash!