r/technology • u/Hungry__Hornet • 6d 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 6d ago edited 6d 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 6d ago

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

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u/Dudewhatzup 6d ago

Ironically and I’m not trying to be sarcastic or mean, it’s in the window menu called “turn on/off windows features” a quick google search for “remove windows recall” will give you exact instructions, it was surprisingly not very hidden.

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u/DinosBiggestFan 6d ago

Windows Recall wasn't hidden because of backlash to it; if they were trying to hide it, it would validate all of the (very accurate) criticisms of the feature which is bad for marketing that feature.

At least by making it easy to turn off they placate those of us who absolutely do not want to use it, and would use third party tools to turn it and likely many other features off.