Windows 10: Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 10

, as it can reduce the size of hiberfil.sys by a sizable chunk.

Just my two cents.
Cheers.[/quote] Thank you Injust. New tutorial below for this. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

 

My pc wont boot with fastboot enabled *Eek
When i poweron my machine it shutdown immediately.

2nd poweron boot normal but when i check eventviewer ''kernel-power'' id 41.

My motherboard is Asus H81M-E/51AD

 

Hello 10userwindows, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Fast boot would be a different setting that fast startup, but I think you meant fast startup.

It appears that your motherboard may not support fast startup.

The error message you got means:

Kernel Power Event ID 41 - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki

 

i think this answers my question:
- Fast startup IS dependent on Hibernation [being enabled], however
- there exists an 'abbreviated' hybernation option...

fighting slow boot times....

 

I'm having Fast Startup Problems on my new build. Machine just shuts down as it gets to the windows logo on boot, around maybe 1 in 5 boots.... If i turn off Fast Startup its fine. Never has a problem.

Win 10 Pro 64bit, clean install. Asus Z97-A 3.1, Corsair Vengenace 16GB, 2 SSD,s + 1 HDD. EVGA GTX980 GPU. Installed the Win10 chipset driver from the Asus website and left everything else to Windows to install (apart from the GPU of course)

Pretty straight forward install.

Want to know the best way to go troubleshooting what part of the initializition is causing the machine to shutdown to OFF, when fast start is on.

What logfiles are created and where are they ?

 

Hello thedoc, *Smile

Usually, you would just leave Fast Startup turned off if it's causing issues.

You might check using the tutorial below to see if the shutdown log may have any details in it that may help.

Shut Down - View Details of Last Shutdown of Computer - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

Thanks, the 1074 really didn't come up with anything other than info

The process C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe (I5-4690K) has initiated the power off of computer I5-4690K on behalf of user I5-4690K\ for the following reason: Other (Unplanned)

and the 6008 (unexpected shutdown) logs came up empty.

Great little tool though, i'll be sure to use it in the future. Thanks Brink.

If anyone has any other suggestions as to why my problem is happening, please chime in.

 

The process you show seems to have something to do with your CPU, unless your username is the same as your CPU. Check that the CPU is properly cooled and the fan is running. Did you use the cooling paste properly?

 

Yes, my computer name is named by the CPU that's inside. And no it has absolutely nothing to do with that whatsoever. My CPU is cooled by a Noctua NH-D15 and is properly installed. This is a driver issue of some kind that doesn't like the hibernated state of fast startup. I just need a way to find out which driver is causing the issue.

 

Doc,

You might see if troubleshooting with a clean boot may be able to ID a culprit.

Troubleshoot Problem with Clean Boot in Windows 8

 

Hello TenForums,

First of all thanks for all these tutorials they've helped me a lot.

I have a question I strugle finding an answer to. Given that the hiberfile is written to the hard drive, I thought it would mean that the computer doesn't need to consume any energy at all between a shutdown and a fast startup. But the comments in this thread seem to point to the contrary.

So my question is, does the pc still consume energy after shutting down with fast startup enabled? Does that apply to desktop pcs? What happens if I shut down a desktop pc with fast startup enabled and then disconnect it from the power source?

Also, I would like to know the answer to those same questions but in regard to UEFI fast boot.

Thanks in advance.

 

Hello Cocay, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Fast Startup is a hybrid boot with an effectively zero watt power draw when off. When turned on, the computer doesn't perform a full shutdown.

You can read more indepth details about Fast Startup here:

• Delivering fast boot times in Windows 8 - Building Windows 8 - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
• Designing for PCs that boot faster than ever before - Building Windows 8 - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

For more about Fast Boot, see: Fast Boot - Enable in UEFI Firmware Settings for Windows 8 and 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

Hello Brink, thank you for your welcome and your help =)

I'm still confused. The first article you linked to seems to indicate that a computer shut down with fast startup enabled consumes no energy at all: they talk about resuming from a full power loss, or having "Effectively zero watt power draw when off", and show a video of a laptop whit its battery removed booting with fast startup.
Yet, what you describe is a "very low power state", which is not the same.

So what happens really? Is it a zero watt consumption state, as the article seems to say, or is it a low power state, as you say?

Thanks.

 

Yep, effectively zero watt power draw.

 

Thanks for making this clearer.

So, just to be sure, if I:

-Enable Fast Startup
-Shut down my desktop computer
-Disconnect my computer from the power source, so it receives no energy at all
-Reconnect it to the power source hours later

Will I still benefit from Fast Startup when turning my computer on?