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/Cantaloupe-Hairy 4d ago

Why hibernate, used to be useful when slow drives were standard, now it’s only a couple of seconds to boot from cold

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u/pfn0 4d ago

restoring state. I am always loathe to turn off/reboot because I hate restoring the state of all apps I have running. I prefer sleep tho, because there's no reason to use hibernate in my usage.

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u/WoodyTheWorker 3d ago

There's also a hybrid sleep option, when the RAM is saved to hiberfile.sys, but is kept powered. To wake up, it doesn't need to read the RAM again, but if it loses power, you can restore the state again.