Re: Shutdown vs. Restart

On 3/25/2025 2:53 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:

So if you want to actually shut it down you need to restart it and
switch it off at the wall socket  before it actually restarts?
 

   Fast startup depends on the hardware and settings. If you're
computer can even do it, you can turn it off in power settings.
You can also disable Hibernate, which is required for fast startup.
   I have Hibernate disabled, with no C:\hiberfil.sys, and see no
fast startup option at all. Some people want Hibernate enabled.
Personally I have no use for it. I shut down if I'm going to be
away for hours and sleep (level 3) otherwise. I don't find that
it's a hair-pulling ordeal to wait 30 seonds for my computer to
boot. I also like keeping the system lean and the hiberfil file
takes up A LOT of space.
  If you don't use Hibernate and want to be free of all this,
just run the command line: powercfg -h off
When you reboot, hiberfil.sys will be gone, but you can still
go into sleep mode. (But also watch out for sleep mode
4, which allows MS apps to go online! No joke.)
   I'm not clear about the hardware requirements. I built this
computer about 1 year ago, but not with the newest hardware.
Can it even support Fast startup? I don't know.