How to Disable Windows 10 Fast Startup. Open the Control Panel. Press the Start button and type “Control Panel”. Click the best match. Search for power switch options. The Control Panel’s top-right search bar, type “change the power switch”. In the results, click “Change. Give administrator.
There is a feature in both Windows 8 and Windows 10 that allows your computer to start more quickly. While these features (fast startup for Windows 10 and hybrid sleep in Windows 8) can be quite useful, they are known to cause several issues, such as repeated restarts. There are two ways to turn these features off; to proceed, select either of the methods below and follow the steps.
- Open the Control Pane l (icons view), and click on the Power Options icon. Click/tap on the Choose what the power buttons do link on the left side Click/tap on the Change settings that are currently unavailable link at the top If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.
- Above is the test result of phone on-off time after turning off fast boot option. If you take down battery to change fast boot from on to off: Turn on Fast Boot - Shutdown – takes 5 seconds – (vibrates after 6 seconds) – Remove battery – Install battery – Startup – takes 30 seconds – End.
- Under the Shutdown settings section, uncheck the box next to Turn on fast startup (recommended). Click the Save changes button. Disable using the Command Prompt. Press the Windows key on your keyboard, and type in Command Prompt. Without pressing Enter, right-click the cmd icon that appears, then select Run as administrator.
Disable through the Control Panel
NoteYou must be logged in as an administrator to perform this operation.
- Press the Windows key on your keyboard, type in Power Options, and then press Enter.
- From the left menu, select Choose what the power buttons do.
- Under the Shutdown settings section, uncheck the box next to Turn on fast startup (recommended).
- Click the Save changes button.
Disable using the Command Prompt
- Press the Windows key on your keyboard, and type in Command Prompt.
- Without pressing Enter, right-click the cmd icon that appears, then select Run as administrator.
- Type in powercfg -h off and press Enter.
Additional information
How to enable / disable fast startup in Windows 10? The “Turn on fast startup (recommended)” option is missing from the Power Options? Fast Startup is a new feature of Windows 10/8, that allows a computer to boot faster than before. This article will explain how the Fast Startup works and walk you through the steps to turn on / off Fast Startup missing in Windows 10.
How Fast Startup Works?
When you shutdown a PC with Fast Startup turned on, Windows saves the current system state and the contents of memory to a file called hiberfil.sys and then it shuts down the computer. Later, when you turn on the computer, rather than performing a full load of the entire system, Windows reads only the contents of the hiberfil.sys and then restores the system state and memory to the exact same condition they were in. This restoration operation can occur much faster than a computer can boot up from a complete shut down.
How to Turn On or Off Fast Startup Missing in Windows 10?
- Press the Windows logo key + X on your keyboard and then select Control Panel from the drop-down menu.
- When you go to the control panel it shows up as the “Category” view option by default. Switch it to “Large icons” then click Power Options.
- Click on the “Choose what the power button does” link on the left side.
- By default, the Shutdown settings options are greyed out. Click on “Change settings that are currently unavailable” to unlock the greyed out options.
- Now you can check / uncheck the “Turn on fast startup option” to enable / disable the fast startup feature.
- Click Save changes button. Done!
Fast Startup Missing from the Power Options window?
If the “Turn on fast startup (recommended)” option is missing in the Shutdown Settings, then you have to enable Hibernation on your computer as a big part of Fast Boot builds upon the Hibernate feature. Here’s how:
Disable Fast Boot Gpo
- Press the Windows logo key + X on your keyboard and then select “Command Prompt (Admin)“.
- At the command box type the following command and press Enter to enable hibernation:
powercfg /hibernate on
- Close the Command Prompt window and then re-open the Control Panel. Fast Startup should be there now.