XPost: uk.comp.os.linux, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   Anssi Saari  wrote:   
      
   > Dan Purgert  writes:   
   >   
   >> Win10, 11 have that "FastBoot" thing that mucks with hardware releases   
   >> on "reboot" (win basically goes into hibernate).   
   >   
   > No. Reboot is always reboot, Windows would be completely useless without   
   > that. "FastBoot" aka fast startup happens when shutting down if not   
   > disabled. And it's hibernate without hibernating apps so fairly useless.   
      
   Actually Fast Starup is a full hibernate (all memory copied into the   
   hyberfil.sys file).  The computer then goes into sleep mode.  When   
   brought out of sleep, the computer resumes from sleep.  If, however, the   
   computer ever lost power during sleep, the computer resumes using the   
   hibernate file.  Because a memory image is reinstated or resumed from a   
   Fast Startup mode, there is no re-initialization of hardware.  This is   
   the same as a Windows restart which is a warm boot.   
      
   Fast Startup causes problems with hardware, because the hardware is not   
   sent a reset signal to ensure it is initialized to a known initial   
   state.  A restart using Fast Startup will not fix hardware problems   
   caused by hardware getting into a state the devs did not plan upon in   
   their driver, or their driver simply cannot perform an initialize the   
   way the hardware was designed.  Even using hibernate mode without Fast   
   Startup can prevent troubleshooting problems when booting the OS,   
   because the memory image gets restored, and you don't want that when   
   troubleshooting.  You don't want to get back to the state that had   
   problems, but load a new memory image.   
      
   Fast Startup can be enabled or disabled by itself.  If hibernate mode is   
   disabled, so is Fast Startup.  If you have an SSD for the OS partitions,   
   Fast Startup provides little assist in shortening cold boot (which only   
   happens if the computer lost power during sleep).  Fast Startup can make   
   it impossible to get at the boot menu, because Fast Startup begins so   
   quickly that keyboard input is ignored, and you cannot get the boot menu   
   to, say, elect to boot from a CD or USB drive instead of the BIOS   
   configured primary boot device.  Fast Startup was intended for use with   
   old slow computer, especially those still using HDDs.   
      
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