Re: Shutdown vs. Restart

AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

On 3/26/25 8:25 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

Steve Hayes, 2025-03-24 10:04:
 

On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:16:17 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>
wrote:
 

Learned recently that in later versions of windows, Shutdown does not
completely shut down windows but Restart does.
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Is that true in Android too?

 
In Windows, I'm pretty sure it is the other way round.
 
Restart doesn't completely shut down Windows, but shutdown does.

 
No, it's exactly the opposite - because "shutdown" is what people do all
the time when they want turn off their computers. For this very reason
Windows does only hibernate by default - which means it stores the
current RAM content on the SSD so the last state including all open
applications will be restored when turning on the computer the next time.

 

Sorry, but that's not correct. If you do a 'Shut down' the system will
only save the OS to 'disk', not the open applications.

[Moved back where it belongs (for context):]

And it will only
save to 'disk' if Fast Startup is enabled (which is the default).

 
I always thought the Windows OS was permanently on the 'disk' and thus
 didn't need to be resaved at each shutdown.

  We're talking about the *active* version of the OS. That is saved to
'disk' (if Fast Startup is enabled).

  The idea is that Windows does not have to go through the whole process
of booting up, starting all the devices, services, etc., etc..

  Just compare it to resuming from hibernation (which does much *more*
than saving the OS to 'disk'). Isn't that much, much faster than a cold
boot?  Saving only the OS to 'disk' gives a similar speedup.

  But all of this is moot to us (ex-)laptop users, because we only
shutdown or restart when we must. At all other times, we let the system
sleep or hibernate.

 
For the first time in decades (IIRC I started at DOS 5) I'm going Windows
 free. I gave away my last LT to a greatgrandkid and will now live on
 Android and Chrome OS. (Also Fire OS but that's really Android.) So it's
 now fast start for me for the duration. Whoopee...  8-O

  Lucky you! Too much of my need/want stuff is Windows-only, so I can't
switch to another platform.

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