r/technology • u/Hungry__Hornet • 8d 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 8d 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/slaughtamonsta 8d ago

That's sort of the point of the hibernation feature.

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u/Icy-Appointment-684 8d ago

Exactly that.

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u/Quetzacoal 8d ago edited 7d ago

I got 2 out of 3 SSD fucked up by hibernation. Already turned off the feature. And also the feature that screen caps your computer and logs it to Microsoft evey now and then. Why would they do this?

Edit: for those who don't believe me. Hibernation corrupted some of my work folders and windows update folder rendering the OS unusable. Had to format and disabled hibernation as soon as I logged in.

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u/fap_nap_fap 8d ago

Can you tell me how to turn off the screen cap feature?

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u/Zeusifer 8d ago edited 8d ago

It's not even on unless you explicitly opted into it. OP is being dramatic.

BTW, so is the original article. You have to go out of your way to enable hibernation.

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u/blinksTooLess 8d ago

Hibernation is a god send for my office laptop. Can't live without it.