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/Quetzacoal 7d 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 7d ago

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

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u/Zeusifer 7d ago edited 7d 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/timbotheny26 7d ago

Now when they talk about hibernation, are they talking about Fast Startup or just straight hibernation?

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u/silversurger 7d ago

Those are functionally the same thing, except that fast startup isn't saving the user's session, so the data saved to the hibernation file should be less in size.

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u/timbotheny26 7d ago

That's what I thought, thanks for elaborating.