Fast Startup Causing Windows Problems

[@helpwithtechonline]

I've been doing support for years and Fast Startup has caused more problems than it is worth. One of the first things we do is to disable fast startup on a computer and in every case, no one seems to tell the difference in boot up speed. I always recommend turning it off especially if the OS is running off of an SSD.

[@Britec09]

Completely agree, it can be the biggest nightmare for some people

[@DEXXXO]

@@Britec09 Its a nice Future especialy it starts in 4 Seconds Win 8.1 . But it can Cause some driver USB issues, my newest experience wehen i boot with Fastboot the WebCam Logitec Brio 100 are reconized on Device Manger but not work properly Mic is Off and Freezes the Cam. when i Boot normaly everything works perfect . hmm

[@waylee264]

This is very helpful. I've been getting the "windows was not properly shut down" error off and on for months. Hopefully disabling fast startup will fix it.

[@jakobfel2]

I've actually never had a problem with it myself but with SSDs becoming more and more common, I could definitely see Microsoft begin to have this feature disabled by default on future versions of Windows.

[@Britec09]

A lot of people don't have issues with it, but if you do that is the first place to look

[@jakobfel2]

@@Britec09 I will definitely be back here if I ever have a problem with it!

[@jossmaxwell00]

I did this ages ago. Good that you raised this for the masses.

[@Britec09]

I'm sure this video will help someone somewhere in the near future and that is the reason why I make videos to help people for free

[@JoshuaMattingly]

Good points to solving those problems. Great share as always Brian. Thank you.

[@Britec09]

You're welcome Joshua

[@lindastone6868]

Unless you have a ZX81, you do not need fast start-up enabled! It causes so many problems, it's one of the 1st things I look at if someone comes to me with unexplained issues. Good video Brian!

[@Britec09]

It certainly does cause a lot of problems hence why I disable it on my systems

[@DarrenIsted]

hi brian, i have been suffering from this issue for some time now, and i didn't know where to turn to , to get this issue solved, and then i see this post from you, and i now think the issue has now been resolved. many thanks brian and please keep up the good work, i find your content very usefull.

[@Britec09]

Glad I could help. Thanks for watching

[@Finnspeed]

Had serious issues with windows constantly for 2 years. Decided to try to disable the fast boot. Fixed everything.

[@RebelTheUncanny1]

I always know I can depend on you for some proper information. Thank you!

[@lonndawg7554]

Brian, I was shocked to discover this setting when I was having a constant reoccurring problem, mainly with the coordination of lights on my Asus motherboard, between the RAM LEDs, and the case lights, they would not be in sync. I did discover a way to temporarily fix the issue... It was to do a cold boot, you know, where you unplug the PC and hold the power button... This would fix things For one reboot, until I found this very unusual... And I believe ridiculous setting on a modern PC with solid-state drives, even with a mechanical hard drive. The amount of time saved really is negligible, and balanced against other problems that I have discovered from my own customers, which are mainly after a major Microsoft update the machine gets screwed up... And how you get a call for service, so far. After repairing these computers and turning off fast boot I haven't received any call backs,... This may be a poor business decision. 🙂 Because now I have nothing to fix to earn money. Brian, also Thank You very much for explaining other issues that can occur, the sleep and hibernate functions getting messed up, that totally makes sense, I would not have stumbled upon those other issues because I generally turn those functions off to avoid problems,... Especially Hibernation. P.S. it's been five months since turning off fast boot, and countless restarts and Microsoft updates, along with installing various software packages, and I've had absolutely no l problems with the "pretty" lighting effects on the computer I built. again, in my life's experience having this function turned on, causes way more problems than the benefits.... Who would've thought after all these years, the shutting down your PC doesn't really turn it off in the traditional thinking, and starting the machine and the kernel from scratch. I hope people caught that in your explanation, and I hope they heard that using the solid-state drive really derives nothing in performance gains.

[@Britec09]

That must be the biggest comment I have ever seen. Please tell me you never typed that out. Wow! Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@peterwolfik5827]

Fast startup wreaked havoc with our instrument control. It took us almost a year to find out that this was the culprit

[@Britec09]

Yeah can be more trouble than it's worth

[@manti1923]

Never had any problems with my Laptops with Fast Startup...but it's good to know...

[@Britec09]

Some people don't have any problems with it enabled

[@AlrekArinbjorn]

This is why I always do a soft restart at least once every other day

[@Britec09]

Yeah it's worth doing

[@slaysi]

I keep getting a kernel power error 41 which shows as a critical error in event viewer. It seems to be related to the fast startup as I also get an error for that just before the kernel error every time. If I turn off fast startup it goes away. I originally thought I had an issue with my ram but I ran memtest86 and they passed all tests so I’m not sure why fast startup has decided to stop working. I also fresh installed Windows 11 and fast startup is still an issue.

[@CTSFanSam]

I had a problem last year that when "fast startup", I would sometimes have one logical processor really busy with what I remember as "system interrupt", or something interrupt. Turning off the fast startup fixed that problem. Also, the system up time gets reset if fast starting is off, otherwise, task manager might report your system being up for many days, right after you turn on the system. I am running off an SSD. Startup is plenty fast with fast startup off.

[@Britec09]

When fast startup is enabled, it's easy for problem to continue

[@Savage.735]

Nice thanks for sharing with us all 👍

[@Britec09]

You're welcome! Get up and help. Thanks for watching

[@train4905]

Spot on brian,superb help as allways

[@Nick41622]

I found fast start up to be a problem for a while. Thanks Brian. 👍

[@Britec09]

Yeah when you get an issue with Windows like updates and drivers fast startup can be a massive issue

[@tardigradesandmore4823]

Thank you. I have a new refurbished computer and it's been getting that blue screen and not shutting down correctly. This seems to have fixed it.

[@GPMG25]

Already switched mine off as you recommended in a previous video. For my work machine, which is locked by the administrators I use the shift key, as recommended by yourself in the previous video, when I turn off.

[@Britec09]

Don't blame you. That feature is a nightmare

[@ivancabrera3289]

I put the code it says this pc does not support hibernation them I guess fast startup is turned off by default

[@US_Joe]

Another great Brian tidbit !

[@Britec09]

Cheers mate

[@mariobalderas4335]

Yea sometimes when I start my conputer it'll restart and in the event viewer it says fast startup had a error and last shutdown was unexpected

[@helthuismartin]

What about the fastboot setting in the BIOS???????Turn off too?????

[@xgui4-studios]

idk wth is that ?

[@UNICORNSF3ProgameplayProRACER]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@Britec09]

Welcome!

[@Niskan40]

I had to switch the EFI partition to another drive due to a weird installation issue where windows was installed on my new SSD but the boot (EFI) partition was on another. After this switch the thing kept going into the lock screen rather than shut down. Turned off fast startup and it magically started working again.

[@seriouscyrus33]

when fast start up is on for my hp victus 15 with ssd m.2 , boots up in 13 seconds, i turned it off, takes 29 seconds and longer load times per application. i did delete the both temp file folders and prefetch and restarted with fast start up turned off and it still takes 29 seconds to power up. will alternate probably once a week or month and turn fast start off, to completely shut down the laptop and applications, to not have any file, program issues.

[@ionamygdalon2263]

Thank you Brian!!

[@Britec09]

You're welcome and thanks for watching

[@TurboLoveTrain]

The whole reason I shut my computer down is to wipe the current state. If I wanted to save the current state forever I would just never turn my computer off. If you want to speed up boot get an SSD and lobotomize windows--the fast startup was always awful and doesn't play well with most other programs. Also--it is very common for "fast start" to actually take longer to shut down... I just got a new system and after the displays shut down the computer would stay on for up to 20 seconds longer before the fans and lights would shut down--that's what reminded me to disable this feature and this video was perfect for telling me WHERE on windows 11.

[@romeovelasco4151]

When I disabled the fast start-up, my windows 11 shutdown time is 2-5secs instead of almost 10sec previously. Re-booting time is shorter...

[@bashfullJ88]

Does fast startup effect windows updates? When windows 10 needs to update and restart it is very slow to do so. I am using an SSD. Maybe disabling fast startup will fix the issue.

[@wildthing6668813]

I just bought a refurbished PC and 5 or 6 times a day it was rebooting so I was looking for ways to rectify the problem, I looked on KZbin and watched your video so decided to disable fast start-up the option was greyed out but I clicked the option to change the settings and unticked fast start-up and since I have done it 2 days ago I haven't had the desktop restarting when surfing the net.

[@GEEVEK]

Thanks for the Brilliant presentation in solving issues with PC, Does this also apply to Intel systems

[@Britec09]

Fast startup effects Intel base systems as well is to do with the BIOS

[@akashnavale6849]

I have a laptop windows 11, 8GB Ram/ 1TB HDD.. Should I turn on or Turn off fast startup?

[@SlyDive700]

Hi Bri. I've noticed my PC doesnt have this option anymore. All i see is Sleep and Lock now. And that was a few months back. So im wondering if MS Noticed ages ago. And is Fast Boot a similar thing which is in the BIOS.

[@Britec09]

Some computers don't have fast startup

[@sheldonkupa9120]

👍👏Yeah, after new install i always switch that crap off first. When you dualboot linux, this causes also access issues to the ntfs partition. No real downside when off.

[@Britec09]

Yeah that can cause havoc to your PC with it on when you have an issue

[@MRDEEGAMING]

Any idea why my pc will just randomly boot Into bios and all my HDD and ssds don't show and then f10 out they will pop up and it will start up normally. Everything is updated b450 R5 5600x win10

[@Britec09]

The cause of that problem can be many different things. It's important to find out whether it's software or hardware related. The simplest way is to reinstall windows and if the problem goes away then it will software related. If the problems did exists then it's a hardware issue. Hope this helps

[@MRDEEGAMING]

@@Britec09 it might be something to do with windows because once it boots into Windows it's fine. And it's not all the time I turn it on. Sometimes it can happen from a restart. I've been thinking of going to windows 11 so might update. Should I update and then do a fresh install or just update I don't have a copy of 11 but can make one when I've uodated

[@TwoThousandStu]

If you want to ensure that your machine shuts all the way down, press Windows + R, type CMD, press Control Shift Enter, answer yes to the UAC prompt, type "shutdown /s /f /t 0" without quotes and press Enter.

[@Britec09]

That is correct. Thanks for sharing

[@keithmonahan3788]

Great info Brian !!! Don’t have that problem as of yet. However I do have a new problem where in Win 11 Pro (update Windows Security platform KB5007651 1.02207 20002 according Update History shows it as being installed successfully; however when checking for Windows updates it will show its for a second as “Downloaded but Not Installed.” With no error message of it not being installed. I ran “SFC,” and received no errors. Who knows ?? Thanks as always the great videos !!! 👍👍 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@Britec09]

Stick it in your favourites Keith. You never know when you might need it. Thanks for watching. Have a nice day.

[@keithmonahan3788]

@@Britec09 Good Morning Brian.. we’ll do buddy !!! Have a great day

[@tonywise198]

Computers boot fast enough with NVMe/SATA SSD drives these days, without Fast Boot enabled.

[@Britec09]

I agree. We will become a bit impatient over the years

[@thealien_ali3382]

Windows 10 on a nvme has a issue with fast boot, after u shutdown and start up the pc, the computer just stays on A0 code and does not boot. Whereas disabling fast boot fixes the issue. On windows 11 fast boot works fine. I think windows 11 is more suited with fast boot and nvmes

[@CattopyTheWeb]

Is it possible that I have the same problem? I was just browsing the web and got the "Driver power state failure" I got it yesterday and today. Could this be a fast startup problem? Thanks

[@Britec09]

Turn it off and try it's worth testing to see if it resolves the issue

[@djklink20009]

was this the reason my cheap teamgroup ram broke or was it just the cheap teamgroup ram ? (since replaced by corsair) ill prob do this on my old setup but i think my new pc is fine

[@Britec09]

There is a lot of cheap RAM out there on the market. I tend to stay clear of it and buy branded ram from reputable companies

[@SeverAlexandru]

On Windows 11 Pro I have only Sleep and Lock. There is no Fast Startup.......

[@thomasberel8832]

Hey Brian, I tried to do a fresh install of windows 11 from a restore point. It stopped about half way and I'm stuck in the fast startup mode. I think if I could just restart it then I could start over. I tried cmd but that hasn't worked so far. Do you have any suggestions ?

[@freedomearthmoon1]

I just disabled this and my programs start 125% faster than they have in months" In other words, they start as fast as they did when the computer was new" . I run NVME.2's up to 6000mbs. I'm sure their are a few advantages to saving the state of your computer when you shut it down. In my mind, a clean slate at fire up is usually best.

[@GaryB007]

I also found that when fast start was enabled, some PCs wouldn't always completely switch off when closing down. I disable it on all PCs that I set up. As you say, on modern PCs with SSDs, startup is plenty fast enough anyway.

[@Britec09]

Fast startup can cause more trouble than it's worth!

[@yogeshBS8299]

Hi, could u make a video on "USB overcurrent status detected. The system will shutdown in 15 seconds" its causes and solutions.

[@Britec09]

I will make that video when I get back off holiday

[@CarlosMartinez-jn2cf]

Hello, what happens with my pc is that it only boots every other time. Let's say I want to start it in the morning after being turned off all night, I'd press tu power button and it will error out. The. I have to shut it down by keeping the button pressed and power it back on again, the second time around it will boot normally I think this was the problem

[@Britec09]

Might be an issue with your power button. Also, could be an issue with your drive. The cables of the drive. So many things it could be need to troubleshoot

[@CarlosMartinez-jn2cf]

@@Britec09 It seems like this fixed it!, turning off the fast startup

[@markanderson2155]

Good to know thanks Brian, I will give it a go and see what happens. Both my new systems have NVME drives so I will start with them first, one is an HP AIO system to which I just upgraded the HDD to NVME and upgraded Ram to 16GB. The other system is my alien tower that I just built has a 500GB NVME, 16GB Ram, AMD Ryzen 5 on an MSI Motherboard and is running smooth so far. My laptop is the one I have been having issues with (HP, AMD system) it has a HDD, can convert to an SSD but it does not meet 11's requirements. So I may not do any further upgrades since the processor is not upgradeable. But I can try this method you mentioned about fast start up just to see if it will have any effect. Again many thanks!

[@Britec09]

Yeah, first startup can cause a lot of problems and with the speed difference with it off sometimes it's worth just disabling it

[@dallas69]

USB failure on my HP laptop with that checked. I find it a Big problem with only 1 USB but now that I have 2 USB the startup is super slow. Slow starup or no extra USB I find that extra USB valuable and worth the slow startup.

[@kapilshenviamonkar4641]

fast startup was very useful before upgrading to ssd from slow hdd laptop

[@kingrofty]

I'm using a Samsung NVMe drive as my OS drive, and never saw the need for Fast Startup.

[@Britec09]

NVMe drives are super fast

[@rosswarren436]

I had to do this on a very old Dell system that I upgraded to Windows 10. It works well now but has ONE flaky issue: About 1/4th of the time, it will "hang" until I unplug the USB wireless sender for my Logitech keyboard and mouse. I have to unplug it, let it finish booting, then plug it in again. Weird.

[@Britec09]

Thanks for watching and don't forget to hit a subscribe button. Appreciate the support

[@RockyAllenLane]

Windows 10 - Fast Startup disabled in EUFI - Security update says PC is NOT ready for Windows 11. Turn Fast Startup on - Security Update says Resdy for Windows 11.

[@Britec09]

Thanks for sharing!

[@crow4865]

If Microsoft recommends turning it off then why is it enabled by default on a new install?

[@Britec09]

That's Microsoft for you

[@Tedcz2e]

Turned off fast start up with Windows 10. Computer now starts up slower but I can now tell when it wants input from the keyboard. Using the keyboard too early caused a problem with fast start up. Thanks.

[@Britec09]

Turning off fast startup will impact the boot times, but if you have a fast drive it's only a couple of seconds difference

[@claudest-gelais8456]

I just turn off the Hyberfile.sys entirely (command prompt: powercfg -h off). The upside is that it also frees up several Gigs of space on the drive, based on how much RAM you have.

[@Britec09]

I turn off sleep hibernation and fast start up

[@heshanshibry6575]

this dam problem I contacted the microsoft guys and told this issues and why can't they fix this coz I never had this issues very resently this update came and from then onwards this issues where in the start-up when you touch the mouse track pad in my laptop the screen starts flickering and plus always my drivers too are fully updated so I'm asking why can't get this issues fixed. But now I had it offed so now there is no problems.

[@JP-bj3zw]

Thank You

[@Britec09]

No problem, thanks for watching

[@freevideos051]

I had issues with it

[@Britec09]

Thanks for sharing!

[@MrYodi93]

for intel user it safe to use fast startup

[@jari2018]

dont exist in my windows 10

[@Britec09]

Fast start up existed and Windows 10 as well

[@grantchallinor5263]

I've never had any issues with "Fast start-up" (it's currently enabled) but I have tried using my PC with and without this feature. I have a 5-year old HP laptop (only 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD) and with "Fast start-up" in the default setting (On) my BIOS time typically varies between 3.0sec-4.0sec (according to the task manager). I also only run 3 programs on start-up (1 of which is just the HP logo....) another reason why it boots-up so quickly.... I have no clutter on the laptop (at all) and will generally restart the PC twice a day (I'm well-aware of the benefits of a restart over off/on - and that the latter keeps the kernel "alive."). I'm pretty diligent with Windows 10 and other updates too. So I'd probably opt to stay "as is" with fast start-up enabled for the time being.

[@Britec09]

Some people never have an issue with it and others seem to have nothing but problems with it on

[@redeye1619]

BIOS time is the time your BIOS spends doing it's POST operations before booting the OS. It has nothing to do with fast start up. Fast Boot in the BIOS is what makes BIOS time shorter if it's enabled, which makes it skip the POST and boot the OS directly.

[@carloschaparro07]

Fast Startup is pos. I turn it off for everyone I know.

[@Britec09]

It can drive you crazy when you have an issue

[@anth5189]

Just more of Microsoft's contempt for users.

[@Britec09]

That's Microsoft for you

[@awaiz12346yt]

Cool!

[@Britec09]

Thanks!

[@counterswat69]

I love You....

[@Britec09]

Thank you

[@knoparenSOC1]

👍👍😊😊

[@Britec09]

👍 thanks!

[@Gordonseries385]

👍🍕🍺

[@Britec09]

Plenty of pizza and beer on holiday. Loving it

[@Justfun-xx6xe]

GG

[@Britec09]

Thanks!

[@roybixby6135]

The only startup problem for me is that after SLEEP some drivers no longer working...🦘

[@Britec09]

Sleep and hibernation have always been an issue with Windows