[SOLVED] Sounds stupid, but my HDD seems to boot Windows 10 at fast speeds.

[DexterQ]

I'd like to know if it's just my HDD in general since it's a WD 7200 RPM. I'd like to know the science behind it or is it some Windows 10 function that I haven't heard about since my boot times are 20-30 seconds and I have a lot of stuff stored into the drive.

 

[Nemesia]

No, but looking at my power options, it seems that I had Fast Startup checked.

Yep that was it.

"When Fast Startup is enabled, your computer doesn’t perform a regular shut down. Since applying new system updates often requires a shutdown, you may not be able to apply updates and turn your computer off. Restart is unaffected, though, so it still performs a full cold shutdown and restart of your system. If a shutdown doesn’t apply your updates, a restart still will."

 

[Lutfij]

Which version of Windows 10 are you working with? Even if the drive is rated for 7200RPM, I've had drives that booted to GUI in 1 minute or more. That being said, please pass on the model to your WD drive.

For added measure, add you specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

 

[DexterQ]

Which version of Windows 10 are you working with? Even if the drive is rated for 7200RPM, I've had drives that booted to GUI in 1 minute or more. That being said, please pass on the model to your WD drive.

For added measure, add you specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

Acer TC-704
Pentium N3700
2gb Ram

WD500AAKX-22ERMA0

Windows 10 Home 1803

Just simply would like how it's possible since even those specs are laughably bad.

 

[drivinfast247]

Is it a full boot from shut off or resume from sleep?

 

[DexterQ]

Is it a full boot from shut off or resume from sleep?

It's a full shutdown, I've read something about memory being stored into the Windows 10 Kernel or something like that.

 

[william p]

Do you have a Hybrid drive with a small SSD cache built in?

 

[DexterQ]

No, but looking at my power options, it seems that I had Fast Startup checked.

 

[Nemesia]

No, but looking at my power options, it seems that I had Fast Startup checked.

Yep that was it.

"When Fast Startup is enabled, your computer doesn’t perform a regular shut down. Since applying new system updates often requires a shutdown, you may not be able to apply updates and turn your computer off. Restart is unaffected, though, so it still performs a full cold shutdown and restart of your system. If a shutdown doesn’t apply your updates, a restart still will."