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diff --git a/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml b/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml index 194d12ef6..e0f030e9c 100644 --- a/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml +++ b/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml @@ -96,22 +96,28 @@ hardware; it is most critically invoked during the bootstrap process </sect2> <sect2 arch="x86" id="disable-fast-boot"> - <title>Disabling the Windows 8 <quote>fast boot</quote> feature</title> + <title>Disabling the Windows <quote>fast boot</quote>/<quote>fast startup</quote> feature</title> <para> - Windows 8 offers a feature called <quote>fast boot</quote> to cut down system + Windows offers a feature (called <quote>fast boot</quote> in Windows 8, + <quote>fast startup</quote> in Windows 10) to cut down system startup time. Technically, when this feature is enabled, - Windows 8 does not do a real shutdown and a real cold boot afterwards + Windows does not do a real shutdown and a real cold boot afterwards when ordered to shut down, but instead does something resembling a partial suspend to disk to reduce the <quote>boot</quote> time. As long as Windows - 8 is the only operating system on the machine, this is unproblematic, - but it can result in problems and data loss when you have a dual boot - setup in which another operating system accesses the same filesystems - as Windows 8 does. In that case the real state of the filesystem can - be different from what Windows 8 believes it to be after the <quote>boot</quote> + is the only operating system on the machine, this is unproblematic, + but it can result in problems and data loss, when you have a dual boot + setup, in which another operating system accesses the same filesystems + as Windows does. In that case the real state of the filesystem can + be different from what Windows believes it to be after the <quote>boot</quote> and this could cause filesystem corruption upon further write accesses to the filesystem. Therefore in a dual boot setup, to avoid - filesystem corruption the <quote>fast boot</quote> feature has to be disabled - within Windows. + filesystem corruption the <quote>fast boot</quote>/<quote>fast startup</quote> + feature has to be disabled within Windows. + </para> + <para> + Furthermore, the Windows Update mechanism has (sometimes) been known to + automatically re-enable this feature, after it has been previously + disabled by the user. It is suggested to re-check this setting periodically. </para> <para> It may also be necessary to disable <quote>fast boot</quote> to |