# How The Fast Startup feature in Windows 10 allows your computer start up faster after a shutdown

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**Tags:** tips-tricks, windows\
**Created:** [July 23, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-the-fast-startup-feature-in-windows-10-allows-your-computer-start-up-faster-after-a-shutdown/194887 "2021-07-23T21:20:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shayla](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/shayla/32/174870_2.png) [@Shayla](https://onehack.st/u/Shayla)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-the-fast-startup-feature-in-windows-10-allows-your-computer-start-up-faster-after-a-shutdown/194887/1 "2021-07-23T21:20:00Z")

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Enable “fast start-up” under:

Control Panel \> Power Options \> “Change what the power buttons do”

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FNf9p.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FNf9p.png)

If you _always_ use the start menu, you can also hold shift while clicking the power icon and then “Shutdown”.

# So what is this “fast start-up” thing anyway?

To quote Microsoft:

> The Fast Startup feature in Windows 10 allows your computer start up faster after a shutdown. When you shut down your computer, Fast Startup will put your computer into a hibernation state instead of a full shutdown. Fast Startup is enabled by default if your computer is capable of hibernation.

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Fast Startup results in a “Hybrid Shutdown”, where system/kernel level processes are hibernated, but user level programs are closed as normal. This creates the illusion of a full shutdown, but enables the system to be ready for use faster.

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**Author:** ![Deep90s](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/deep90s/32/20827_2.png) [@Deep90s](https://onehack.st/u/Deep90s)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-the-fast-startup-feature-in-windows-10-allows-your-computer-start-up-faster-after-a-shutdown/194887/2 "2021-07-23T21:50:54Z")

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Thanks for sharing this info bro 🙂