Re: Shutdown vs. Restart

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

  N.B. If your comment was correct, there would be no 'Hibernate' choice
in the 'Power' menu.

However when a user does *restart* Windows, then he does that to make
sure, the system is in a defined state - and for this reasons Windows
will *not* hibernate and restore the current state when it is restarted.

  It's actually better to do a Shut down (with Fast Restart disabled),
wait some time and then do a bootup, to get the software and hardware in
a defined 'cold' bootup state. Some electronics, mainly capacitors but
also some other electronics, can take some time to get back in their
'cold' state. Most of the time a Restart will be enough, but for strange
problems it's wise to try Shut down, wait, power on/bootup.

  For an authorative reference:

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