What Is Fast Startup in Windows 10?
Contents Fast Startup Is a Feature First Implemented in Windows 8 and Carried over to Windows 10 That Provides a Faster Boot Time When Starting up Your Pc...
Fast startup is a feature first implemented in Windows 8 and carried over to Windows 10 that provides a faster boot time when starting up your PC.
It’s a handy feature and one that most people use without even knowing, but there are others who disable it immediately when they get their hands on a new PC.
How do I disable fast startup?
Disable through the Control Panel
- Press the Windows key on your keyboard, type in Power Options, and then press Enter.
- From the left menu, select Choose what the power buttons do.
- Under the Shutdown settings section, uncheck the box next to Turn on fast startup (recommended).
- Click the Save changes button.
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What does fast start up do?
Fast startup is sort of like shutdown light — when fast startup is enabled, Windows will save some of your computer’s system files to a hibernation file upon shutdown (or rather, “shutdown”).
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