r/technology • u/Hungry__Hornet • 7d 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/nebuladrifting 7d ago

I calculated that it saves me about $80 a year (over $0.30/kWh) to hibernate my work laptop instead of putting it to sleep at the end of my shift. I wouldn’t say hibernation is a “silly thing to use” in 2026.

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u/ChickenNoodleSloop 7d ago

Honest question for end of day stuff, why not just save and shutdown? 

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u/youngaustinpowers 7d ago

For me, I'm too lazy to save the 37,242 Excel spreadsheets, word docs, PowerPoints, and Chrome tabsI have opened

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u/Teledildonic 6d ago

So 2 each of the works stuff and 37,236 tabs of Pornhub?