Because W10 has a quick start facility (rather than the full shutdown/reboot of old), I've often wondered whether occasional deliberate restarts are beneficial to keeping the basic file structure in order.
For example, if I wish to run a full disk clean I always do a restart first, then the clean followed by another restart.
How about you ? Do you feel this is necessary, or is it something that is just not needed.
Just for information: by holding Shift button while clicking Shut-down does the conventional shut-down procedure without the /hybrid state. It's as like as 1st part of a restart, until the PC shuts down completely.
I sometimes use that when I plan to do something "fresh" in the coming hours.
Nevertheless, that is what should you use if you are using a multi-OS boot and want to switch to the other OS the next time.
Interesting, thanks. I've always felt a restart was beneficial, and seeing Mike mention a more thorough clean-up after doing so helps confirm my suspicion.
Also, I never knew that about the shutdown procedure (ctrl+shutdown)... thanks.
I turn Windows Fast Startup off. I'm not trying to be a smart ass, it's just that I use an SSD so I see no need for fast startup. It can cause more issues than it solves, IMHO. Accessing your BIOS/boot menu can be a PITA with it on.
Fast Startup is off for me as well, because I shut down my systems at night or when I leave work. I don't need them running, hibernating, etc. Off should be off.
Now I have it turned on and tbh its given zero problems in W10 although I'm wondering if some of the issues I experienced with Acronis in W8.1 could have been down to fast start. It was always 50:50 whether a restore operation running from within Windows would initially load OK or whether it would stall as Acronis rebooted to load. Hmmm...
No problems in Ten though because I ditched Acronis.
I leave fast start up on. I do worry about unnecessary writes to the SSD wearing it out. But seeing as shutdown happens in a matter of seconds I do wonder if it is really writing much to the SSD at all.
To be honest I cannot really notice the difference between fast startup and a normal restart. Neither method makes things any worse or better. Time to resume windows after BIOS screen is pretty much instantaneous whatever method used.
It has its advantages in certain situations. The downside, if your running an SSD, is it constantly writes a hiberfil.sys to your drive. Which aside from the write cycles, could be a large file. If your SSD is on the small side that's space you might want back. You may not even notice any boot up speed increase either. If your using a spinner for your hard drive, it will speed things up for you though. I was hesitant in making my above post. I didn't want to start a it sucks, it rocks, debate.
I put a shutdown shortcut on my taskbar and Start Screen. It does a C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 00, a true shutdown. When I'm done for the day I just click it. I never leave my PC's running unless I have to. File downloads etc.
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