Windows 10: What is “Fast” Startup doing?

Discus and support What is “Fast” Startup doing? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; Ive recently (3 Oct 20) completed the Win7 > Win10 migration (whilst the jurys still out on whether I consider it an upgrade Ill confess its going much... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by ritjesman, Oct 7, 2020.

  1. ritjesman Win User

    What is “Fast” Startup doing?


    Ive recently (3 Oct 20) completed the Win7 > Win10 migration (whilst the jurys still out on whether I consider it an upgrade Ill confess its going much better than feared) and am familiarizing myself with the changed environment. One thing thats puzzling me is Fast Startup. Given the lack of consensus found on the net regarding the value of Fast Startup I ran some tests to satisfy my curiosity. My methodology was to (a) turn off AV, (b) shutdown from cmd window (shutdown /s /f /t 0) and (c) run vbs script with different scenarios:

    What is “Fast” Startup doing? [​IMG]

    The second Fast Startup UNchecked is because I was so startled at the first run having the same reboot time as Fast Startup checked. Apparently the most charitable thing that can be said based on these observations about the impact of Fast Startup on boot/reboot times is that its negligible at best.

    What is Fast Startup doing since it doesnt actually seem to have anything to do with starting up? Is it integral to some other function (?sleep, maybe?) or is it marketing trivia I can safely ignore?

    :)
     
    ritjesman, Oct 7, 2020
    #1
  2. Avedis53 Win User

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    Avedis53, Oct 7, 2020
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  3. Turn off Fast Startup

    Hi Michel,

    Please take note that you must be signed in as an Administrator to be able to turn fast startup on or off. Fast startup requires that
    hibernate be enabled. If you disable hibernate, then it will also disable fast startup.

    Steps on how to manually turn off the Fast Startup

    • Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click on the
      Power Options
      icon.
    • Click/tap on the Choose what the power buttons do link on the left side
    • Click/tap on the Change settings that are currently unavailable link at the top
    • If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes
    If the option for turning off the Fast Startup is not available, then changing the registry key maybe required.

    Note: Please note that configuring Registry key requires extra care as it might cause another issue with your system.

    • Type RegEdit in the search field on your Task bar
      and open the Registry tool.On the left pane of the Registry window, locate
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power.
    • On the right pane of the said location, check if the HiberbootEnabled
      is available. If not, we need to create it by clicking the right key of the mouse, select New
      and click on DWORD (32 bit) Value.
    • Replace it with the word HiberbootEnabled under Name
      column.Data value must be zero (0) that will represent as the Fast Startup is turned off.
    • Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.

    Steps on how to disable UAC in Windows 10

    • Type UAC in the search field on your Task bar. (If the search field isn't visible, right-click the
      Start button and choose Search.)
    • Click Change User Account Control settings in the search results.
    • To turn UAC off, drag the slider down to Never notify and click
      OK.
    • You may be prompted to confirm your selection or enter an administrator password.
    • Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.

    We look forward to your response.
     
    Kerwin Lee, Oct 7, 2020
    #3
  4. What is “Fast” Startup doing?

    Fast Startup not working but hibernate is working.

    Hello Anubhav,

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

    I understand that the fast startup is not working after the check disk in your PC. We will help you.

    To assist you better, I suggest you to answer the below questions.

    • What issue were you facing to perform the check disk?
    • Are you getting any error messages?
    • What is the make and model of your PC?
    • Which Edition of Windows 10 are you using?
    I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

    Using Group Policy Editor:

    Note: This option for using group policy is only available in the Windows 10 Pro editions.

    • Press Windows Key + R combination and put gpedit.msc in
      Run dialog box.
    • In the left pane navigate to:

    • Now look in the right pane, you’ll got the policy named Require use of fast startup as shown above.
    • Double click on this policy to get the window shown below.
    • Now you can use following settings:
    • Force “Hybrid boot” to be always turned on = Enable
    • Do NOT force “Hybrid boot” to be always turned on = Disabled/Not configured
      (Default Setting)
    • After making changes click Apply followed by OK.
    Restart the machine and check if it helps. Keep us posted to help you better.
     
    Sachin Venkatesh, Oct 7, 2020
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