Windows 8 : Fast Startup Mode - Boot In 8 Seconds
“Data shows that 57% of desktop PC users and 45% of laptop users shut down their machines rather than putting them to sleep. Overall, half of all of users shut down their machines rather than putting them to sleep.”
- Steven Sinofsky, Building Windows 8
In Windows 7 when we shut down the computer we are closing the user sessions, no memory of our previous unsaved work is kept by the operating system. Windows 8 on the other hand uses hibernation as a technique doing the same thing to minimise the booting time on restarting the computer next time.
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The textbook definition of Hibernation is that it saves the user’s previous session and open applications and when we resume the session, no data is lost. Only it isn’t a full hibernation for Windows 8, it does not save the running applications but just the kernel session, so that the Operating System doesn’t have to spend time constructing a complete new session. That obviously saves time, and in this case enough to make the OS boot within 8 seconds.
Windows 8 fast startup mode is expected to yield on all systems with a Hard Disk Drive or a Solid State Drive. But, Solid State Drives would have a far greater outcome than Hard Disk Drives because of the speed at which they operate and their ability to swap memory pages from secondary storage to primary storage in a far lesser time.
Watch Windows 8 boot in 8 seconds in the following video:
- Steven Sinofsky, Building Windows 8
In Windows 7 when we shut down the computer we are closing the user sessions, no memory of our previous unsaved work is kept by the operating system. Windows 8 on the other hand uses hibernation as a technique doing the same thing to minimise the booting time on restarting the computer next time.
The textbook definition of Hibernation is that it saves the user’s previous session and open applications and when we resume the session, no data is lost. Only it isn’t a full hibernation for Windows 8, it does not save the running applications but just the kernel session, so that the Operating System doesn’t have to spend time constructing a complete new session. That obviously saves time, and in this case enough to make the OS boot within 8 seconds.
Windows 8 fast startup mode is expected to yield on all systems with a Hard Disk Drive or a Solid State Drive. But, Solid State Drives would have a far greater outcome than Hard Disk Drives because of the speed at which they operate and their ability to swap memory pages from secondary storage to primary storage in a far lesser time.
Watch Windows 8 boot in 8 seconds in the following video:
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