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📣 kensai

Why in Windows shutting down the PC is not the same as restarting it?


Why in Windows shutting down the PC is not the same as restarting it?


  👤 ghurkan Accepted Answer ✓
It's the fast start feature, that writes the RAM content to hard disk and quickly starts back up when the computer is shutdown normally. When the PC is restarted, it starts with a fresh state.

This feature can be toggled in settings and may impact perceived boot time.