Turn on Fast Startup Missing in Windows 8/10 Power Options?

Have your PC boot as fast as possible

If you have a PC running Windows 8 or Windows 10, you definitely want to make sure your machine is booting as fast as possible. By default, Windows 8/10 enables a feature called Fast Startup or Hybrid Shutdown that can load Windows 8/10 as quickly as 5 seconds on certain hardware. Basically, it performs a partial hibernation of kernel files and device drivers.

You can check to see whether your Windows 8/10 system is using fast startup by going to theControl Panel, openingPower Optionsand clicking onChoose what the power button does.

Then scroll down and you should see theTurn on fast startupbox checked. If the options are grayed out, first try clicking on theChange settings that are currently unavailablelink at the top.

That should work if the option is listed. However, there may be certain cases where you don’t see theTurn on fast startupoption at all like shown below:

In this case, it means thathibernation is not enabledon your Windows 8/10 machine. In order to get the option back, you have to enable hibernation. You can do this by opening an elevated command prompt (click on Start, type incmd, then right-click on Command Prompt and click onRun as Administrator) and typing in the following command:

That’s about it. Now you should be able to enjoy the benefits of the speedier startup in Windows 8/10. Enjoy!

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