How To Disable FastBoot Windows 11?

Windows 11

Windows 11 is the latest version of the world's most popular operating system, used by more than 2 billion people. Windows 11 features a revamped design and added features while keeping many of the useful features from its predecessor, including Fast Startup.

Fast Startup and why disable it?

With Fast Startup, Windows shuts down your system faster, and then it uses what it learned about your system to start up more quickly when you turn it on. It works with both hybrid shutdown and hibernation. Using a hibernated state, it starts up faster than a Windows startup and uses less power.

So, if it helps to boot up your computer faster than the normal windows startup, then why do we need to disable it?

It's because if you have enabled fast Startup on your computer, you may face hurdles in installing updates. Apart from that, the dual boot option will be missing on your computer with Fast Startup.

Enable fast boot in windows 11 using the control panel

To enable fast boot on your computer, follow the steps below.

1. Open the start menu by pressing the "win key" or clicking on the "start icon".
2. Type control panel and then click on the “control panel app” to open it.
3. Select "hardware and sounds" from the control panel window.
4. Search for “power option” and click “Change what the power can do” to open it,
5. Locate Change settings that are currently unavailable and click on it.
6. Under shutdown settings, check-mark the turn on fast startup option.
7. Apply changes by pressing Apply, and restart your computer.

The fast boot will be enabled on your computer.

Disable fast boot in Windows 11 using the control panel

If you want to disable fast boot in windows 11, follow all the above steps from 1 to 5 in a sequence like this.

Select-control panel>Hardware and Sounds>Power option>Change what the power can do>Change settings that are currently unavailable.

Then in the last step, un-check the “Turn on Fast startup” option and press apply to apply changes.

Turn on or off Fast Startup using the Registry Editor

You can also turn on or off fast Startup by modifying Windows Registry. Follow the steps carefully because of the complexity of this method.

1. Open run by pressing Win + R.
2. Write regedit and press ok.
3. It will prompt the user account control. Press yes.
4. Paste the following in the registry editor location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerPower
5. Scroll down the right pane and search the DWORD value HiberbootEnabled. Right-click on it and click Modify.
6. In the value data, put the 1 value and press ok to save changes.
7. It will turn on the fast Startup in windows 11.
8. Put the value data to 0 and press OK to disable the fast Startup.
9. Go back from the registry editor and restart your computer to apply changes.