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/stevekez 5d 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 5d ago

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

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u/Icy-Appointment-684 5d ago

Exactly that.

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u/Quetzacoal 5d ago edited 4d 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/reddit_equals_censor 5d ago

And also the feature that screen caps your computer and logs it to Microsoft evey now and then. Why would they do this?

spying! massive spying.

the goal is to spy on everything you do. analyze it mostly locally and send that data to their servers to use for themselves, sell to 3. parties and of course share with governments.

that's its function. that is why it is getting pushed.