I find with my SSD, my Windows 10 AU boots in about 5 - 10- seconds. No need for the Fast Startup.

If you did not have an SSD, it might take 5 to 10 seconds to save the hyberfil data.

If I were to guess, the hibernate being disable over rides the fast startup settings.

UPDATE
Well I did get the sysprep to run and installed the drive into my new laptop. I got it up and running with all programs intact and running. As NavyLCDR noted, the copy of Win 10 was not...

I finally got sysprep to run. Had to check the logs after each failure to see what program was holding up the run. Switch to the other user profile and uninstall whatever program was holding up the...

I'll try that now. The account is being created as I type.

No change, same error.

If it helps, here is some of the sysprep log.

2015-12-08 20:54:14, Info SYSPRP...

I missed one registry entry. But even with that, I still get errors.
I'm thinking it might just be easier to reimage to the Win 7 OS, then try the sysprep, then move the HD.

I have a laptop that has seen better days. The screen has finally stopped functioning, and the second hard drive has now failed. I wish to take the new SSD system drive to put into the new laptop I...

The process you show seems to have something to do with your CPU, unless your username is the same as your CPU. Check that the CPU is properly cooled and the fan is running. Did you use the cooling...

Thanks

Have you been able to have someone test the Fast Start for Win 8/8.1 instructions over at Eight Forums to see if they have changed too? I never used Win 8/8.1, so I cannot help here.

My system is too old for UEFI.

Here are some unofficial timings from a stopwatch.

I have a 6 year old HP laptop with 4GB memory and a 512 GB SSD for my system drive. I timed for the shutdown scenarios from the time I hit the...

Has the Win-X Shutdown been tested with the released version of Win 10? My installation does not work as listed in the Note above.
I did some testing on my Win 10 laptop and found that using the ...