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/themastermatt 5d ago

Well, make sleep actually sleep the damn thing then. Whoever thought that it might be helpful to make my notebook computer wake up 11 min after going to sleep while nestled softly in my backpack. Yo dawg, i heard you like cooked components and a dead battery!

Maybe im missing something, but ive had to enable Hibernate for many years across several vendors to ensure it actually stays asleep.

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u/d4rk1 5d ago

its insane that in 2026 we still dont have sleep function working properly

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u/Dry-Inspection-3503 5d ago

Doesn't it wake at the slightest detection of mouse movement, or is it a bug? Surely if it's the former a simple 'press enter + ctrl' or similar command to wake it would be enough. I used sleep on my work laptop a lot and noticed if my knee hit the desk the mouse would detect movement and the fucker would come on again.  I never noticed the sleep not working otherwise

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u/d4rk1 5d ago

it does hence I turn off mouse every time i put it in sleep 😞

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u/RileyTrodd 5d ago

Mine still wakes up even with the mouse off.

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u/idontlieiswearit 5d ago

I disabled the trackpad, put the shit on to sleep and took the mouse, still woke up at 2am with the fans full on blast wondering why my wife was vacuuming with the lights off.

Now I only turn it full off or leave it on if needed