Fast startup is a feature that was first implemented in Windows 8 as Fast Boot. It was carried over to Windows 10, and it remains an option in Windows 11. It's designed to shave seconds off of your PC ...

Fast Startup can also prevent you from shutting down your PC. If the system fails to power off and instead sends you back to ...

Here’s a hack you may want to look at. A Windows computer, typically, takes anywhere between 10 and 20 seconds to start up ...