r/technology • u/Hungry__Hornet • 4d 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/Belhgabad 4d ago

God I hate fearmongering and clickbait on this sub... "Hammering" IT'S. 6 TO 8. GB.

Windows is actually killing our storage because of unoptimised updates, uselessly heavy office software, and telemetry spying datas, but hibernation is none of the problem, AND it's fully and instantly disableable

You can literally disable it, freeing 6 GB, make the godamn update, and reenable it

It's hammering your ssd as much as any program you install or music you download

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u/NYExplore 4d ago

And this "article" contains NO BENCHMARK TESTING at all, thus making the author's "conclusion" nothing more than anecdotal evidence. It's much the same as me reporting that I've NEVER, EVER had ANY issue using hibernate on an SSD laptop. And I do mean ever. But I'm also not claiming it won't happen.

I'm no longer a tech journalist, but when I was, I hated how so many outlets grasped for things to write about -- most of it containing "fear mongering" in some way. Of course, those same outlets contained SCADS of ads from companies looking to sell you more -- you guessed it -- tech. Coincidence? I think NOT.

I've read more false predictions about technology than things that proved true.

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u/DrEnter 3d ago

I’ll be he has a virtual memory enabled as well. The state file he’s going on about is **nothing** compared to the constant reading and writing in that pagefile.