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How to enable / disable fast startup - Acer Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 data-id="this-article-only-applies-to-windows-8-8-1">This article only applies to: Windows 8 / 8.1</h3> <div style="text-align: center;"><br><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5fhDI4jOFk0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="importedEmbed-iframe"></iframe><br></div><br><p>Fast startup is a new feature in Windows 8 that helps your computer start faster. Fast startup saves your systems info to a file upon shutdown, and uses that file to restart Windows so it loads faster.</p> <p>Use the following steps to enable or disable fast startup.</p> <ol><li>Press the <b>Windows (<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/migrated/acer_final/33757/icon_windows8_key.png" alt="Image: icon_Windows8_key.png" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img>) key</b> + <strong>C</strong>, or swipe in from the right edge of the screen to open your Charms, select Search.</li> <li>Type Power Options.</li> <li>Click the Settings tab and select Choose what the power buttons do.</li> <li>Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable. If you get a prompt for User Account Control, click on Yes.</li> <li>On the System Settings window, go to Shutdown settings and uncheck the Turn on fast startup option.</li> <li>Click the Save changes button.</li> </ol><meta content=""></meta> </article> </main>