Should I disable fast startup in power management in windows 10

[ereko]

Fast startup should be always disabled if you dont know what are you doing. And if you know it should be disabled still.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Fast startup should be always disabled if you dont know what are you doing.

That's silly. It is enabled by default. If you don't know what you are doing, you should not be disabling anything! You should leave the defaults alone!

 

[Rei]

Fast startup should be always disabled if you dont know what are you doing. And if you know it should be disabled still.

Even though mine is disabled, it's quite the opposite actually for user who don't know what it is, what it does, etc. It is enabled by default for a reason. Although in hindsight, it doesn't really matter if it's enabled or disabled (see my previous comment for why that is).

 

[ereko]

That's silly. It is enabled by default. If you don't know what you are doing, you should not be disabling anything! You should leave the defaults alone!

And you let windows install your drivers to?

 

[Bill_Bright]

That has nothing to do with Fast Startup.

But to answer your question, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, then yes! Leave the defaults alone. They are the default settings because those are the settings that work best for the vast majority of users!

 

[Rei]

And you let windows install your drivers to?

Not say that users have to trust every single thing Windows does but Win10 at least is should be smart enough to pick the correct & latest driver for the users. If not, then the user themself can reinstall the right drivers.

 

[ereko]

That has nothing to do with Fast Startup.

But to answer your question, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, then yes! Leave the defaults alone. They are the default settings because those are the settings that work best for the vast majority of users!

What are the bad things if you disable it? Few seconds are not the problem.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Who said there is a problem? You are trying to obfuscate the issue now in a futile attempt to support your silly advice.

In effect, you advised, "if you don't know what you are doing start flipping switches"! That's silly, if not reckless.

Here's sound advice: "If it is not broken, don't fix it!"

If Fast Startup is not giving you problems, and for the vast majority of users, it doesn't, LEAVE THE SETTINGS ALONE!!! And that is ESPECIALLY true if you don't know what you are doing!

 

[ereko]

Who said there is a problem? You are trying to obfuscate the issue now in a futile attempt to support your silly advice.

In effect, you advised, "if you don't know what you are doing start flipping switches"! That's silly, if not reckless.

Here's sound advice: "If it is not broken, don't fix it!"

If Fast Startup is not giving you problems, and for the vast majority of users, it doesn't, LEAVE THE SETTINGS ALONE!!! And that is ESPECIALLY true if you don't know what you are doing!

Im just trying to understand why somebody in forum like this tell you should enable it.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Im just trying to understand why somebody in forum like this tell you should enable it.

Read the thread, okay. I NEVER EVER SAID to enable it. I said, LEAVE IT ALONE!!!! It is enabled by default! Why? Because that is what works best for the vast majority of users.

If you are not having any problems, there is no reason to disable it.

What makes no sense at all is your advice where you are telling people if they don't know what they are doing, change settings! ???

If you are having problems, and you have done your homework to learn what the feature does and you have determined your problem is caused by Fast Startup, then change it! I got no problem with that at all!

 

[Easo]

Do you have problem this would fix, OP?
If no, then why bother? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Tell that to the Win10 machines I see all the time with uptimes well over 100 Days.

Well, gotta fix those then, chop chop!

 

[spectatorx]

It should be disabled especially if you are dual-booting with linux as linux distros may have some issues with opening ntfs partitions when PC was shut down from windows with fast boot enabled.

 

[c2DDragon]

If you want to shut down your PC, disable hibernate, select shutdown instead of fast start for your ON/OFF button, go into your Bios and search for ErP or EuP, select S5 (it can be S4+S5) : https://www.onecomputerguy.com/erp-ready
You will make your motherboard save more energy.
Switching OFF the PSU is indeed the best solution for energy saving but hey it's a pain x)

 

[P4-630]

I had a problem watching live tv on PC, the audio was out of sync all the time, somehow disabling fast startup fixed this.

 

[Bill_Bright]

It should be disabled especially if you are dual-booting with linux as linux distros may have some issues

NO!!!!!!!!!!! First, the OP said nothing about dual-booting or using Linux. Second, you don't disable things because something "may have" some issues! You disable it because it is having issues.

 

[Zareek]

At work we disabled it as a rule, hibernation as well. In dealing with hundreds of PCs and nearly a thousand users. Our experience as an IT department was that hybrid shutdown and hibernation cause way more issues than they are worth. Our machines are supposed to be on 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Despite that, having those options enabled resulted in service requests one or more times a day on average.

On your own PC, I suspect you won't frequently have issues. When you do, they are typically easy to fix. Performing a forced hardware shutdown typically fixes it. On my personal machine it results in almost no boot time advantage so I disable it to avoid the possibility of a related problem.

 

[ereko]

NO!!!!!!!!!!! First, the OP said nothing about dual-booting or using Linux. Second, you don't disable things because something "may have" some issues! You disable it because it is having issues.

?? Can you then tell some good things about fast boot enabled ??

 

[Bill_Bright]

They've already been mentioned. And you can use Google.

 

[ereko]

They've already been mentioned. And you can use Google.

You have not mentioned any good things.

 

[Rei]

At work we disabled it as a rule, hibernation as well. In dealing with hundreds of PCs and nearly a thousand users. Our experience as an IT department was that hybrid shutdown and hibernation cause way more issues than they are worth. Our machines are supposed to be on 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Despite that, having those options enabled resulted in service requests one or more times a day on average.

On your own PC, I suspect you won't frequently have issues. When you do, they are typically easy to fix. Performing a forced hardware shutdown typically fixes it. On my personal machine it results in almost no boot time advantage so I disable it to avoid the possibility of a related problem.

What sort of issues do you have? Plz clarify...

?? Can you then tell some good things about fast boot enabled ??

Faster boot times by a few seconds, theoretically. There is no advantage in having it disabled either.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Others have. I'm not going to debate the pros and cons with you. Do your own homework.

All I will say is what I have been saying all along - if not having problems, LEAVE THE DEFAULTS ALONE!

And to you specifically, if you don't know what you are doing, leave the defaults alone.

Now I am done here. Have a good day.

 

[ereko]

Others have. I'm not going to debate the pros and cons with you. Do your own homework.

All I will say is what I have been saying all along - if not having problems, LEAVE THE DEFAULTS ALONE!

And to you specifically, if you don't know what you are doing, leave the defaults alone.

Now I am done here. Have a good day.

I read the thread again and you are the only one saying leave it. I just ask you again can you tell me the good things?

 

[95Viper]

Your points are made... no need to regurgitate the same arguments/questions over and over.
Move on.
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