Windows 10: Disabled Fast Startup causes Blue Screen

To whom it may concern,For the past weeks, I have been getting a random Blue Screen or my Laptop would randomly just get stuck on Black Screen while opening it. I tried so many solutions, I updated pretty much all the important drivers but I still happen to get a Blue Screen. I recently learned that if I turn off Fast Startup from the Power Options, my Laptop would just open with a looping Blue Screen after a shutdown and not touching it for while. Turning it back on seems to be the only way to have the Laptop open normally but a random Blue Screen would still occur while navigating. I also ha

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Startup Blue Screen

Hi Jon,

Startup blue screen error(s) can occur if a problem causes your PC to shut down or restart unexpectedly. It could be due to the following:

• Outdated device software drivers
• Corrupted Windows update system files
• Software/Security conflicts

We would like to know some information:

• Did you get any blue screen stop error codes?
• Have you tried booting in Safe mode?

We suggest that you check this
article about troubleshooting blue screen errors and follow the troubleshooting steps provided there.

We will wait for your response

 

Fast Startup - How to disable if it's causing problems

Technical Level : Intermediate

Summary
How to disable Fast Startup on your Windows 8/8.1 OS if it's causing problems regarding shutting down, etc.

Details
In this article we're going to discuss how to disable Fast Startup. Why? In many systems it is known to cause issues with shutting down, restarting, etc. For example, on my system after I would shut down my system, it wouldn't fully shut down and would remain
in a hibernation state instead. After I went ahead and disabled Fast Startup, I was able to successfully shut down.

There are multiple ways to troubleshoot an issue shutting down, such as generating an energy report and viewing it to see what driver and/or device is holding up the shut down. Alternatively, another way to solve it (permanently in case yours happens frequently...
like mine did) is to disable Fast Startup. If you're on a desktop with
decent hardware, then disabling Fast Startup really won't make too much of a noticeable difference. Besides, in my case when I wake up in the morning, I turn on my PC and walk away to complete my morning routine before getting on the PC. With that said, in
my case, it's not entirely necessary.

To expand on what exactly Fast Startup is, Fast Startup is a hybrid combination of a cold startup and a wake-from-hibernation startup. Frequently, kernel-mode device drivers need to distinguish Fast Startups from wake-from-hibernation so that that their devices
behave as users expect. This is exactly where my issue stemmed from, because my webcam drivers evidently couldn't distinguish properly.

During a cold startup, the boot loader constructs a kernel memory image by loading the sections of the Windows kernel file into memory and linking them. Next, the kernel configures core system functions, enumerates the devices attached to the computer, and
loads drivers for them.

In contrast, a fast startup simply loads the hibernation file (Hiberfil.sys) into memory to restore the previously saved image of the Windows kernel and loaded drivers. A fast startup tends to take significantly less time than a cold startup.

More information (and much more in-depth)
here.

Disabling Fast Startup

1. Navigate to Start by either clicking the Start
   icon or hitting the Windows key.
2. In the Search bar, type Power to bring up various Power Options.
3. Select Change what the power buttons do.
4. See the below image:

If you have UAC enabled (enabled by default unless you disable it manually), before un-checking
Turn on fast startup, you'll need to select Change settings that are currently unavailable. Once you do that, you will be able to successfully un-check
Turn on fast startup.

After you've unchecked Turn on fast startup, your next shut down will this time
actually shut down the system if you're having the issues described above.

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More troubleshooting information with a different method for those interested on my blog post here -

http://bsodanalysis.blogspot.com/2014/05/fast-startup-how-to-disable-if-its.html

 

Fast Startup - How to disable if it's causing problems

I have turned off fast startup on the power settings and disabled fast boot in the bios/uefi but it keeps turning itself back on every couple hours or so. no restart or updates required. I need it turned off because it's been causing random restarts.
this is on a desktop with an SSD and it starts up faster when fast startup is turned off.