From a511aaf2431a72e1d7b4c5852cfde29aabe88b27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holger Wansing Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 12:27:32 +0200 Subject: Also mention Windows 10 fast-startup feature in-line with fast-boot from Windows 8 --- en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml | 26 ++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'en') 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 - Disabling the Windows 8 <quote>fast boot</quote> feature + Disabling the Windows <quote>fast boot</quote>/<quote>fast startup</quote> feature - Windows 8 offers a feature called fast boot to cut down system + Windows offers a feature (called fast boot in Windows 8, + fast startup 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 boot 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 boot + 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 boot and this could cause filesystem corruption upon further write accesses to the filesystem. Therefore in a dual boot setup, to avoid - filesystem corruption the fast boot feature has to be disabled - within Windows. + filesystem corruption the fast boot/fast startup + feature has to be disabled within Windows. + + + 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. It may also be necessary to disable fast boot to -- cgit v1.2.3