How quick does your laptop start up … Mine takes 12 seconds … Who can beat that?

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Blake said:

Torrin said:
@Blake
Yes, but Fast Boot is also an option in the BIOS on many machines.

That might be the case on newer laptops, but I’ve rarely seen it before.

Fast boot in BIOS isn’t common on a lot of hardware; it’s more frequent on desktop motherboards from non-OEM manufacturers. Fast boot in BIOS skips some functions to go directly to POST, meaning you can’t easily access the BIOS; you’d need to restart to BIOS from Windows or Linux using UEFI. Windows fast boot is similar to the ‘deep sleep’ function from older Windows versions, writing RAM to storage HDD/SSD before shutting down, which can cause issues. It’s less useful on SSDs.

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@Bao
I don’t have an issue with Fast Boot itself, but I want a clean start each time I turn on my PC—not from a deep sleep, which isn’t really a shutdown.

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Blake said:
@Bao
I don’t have an issue with Fast Boot itself, but I want a clean start each time I turn on my PC—not from a deep sleep, which isn’t really a shutdown.

With an SSD, the time saved is minimal, but imagine booting up in less than 5 seconds… that would be incredible!

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@Zion
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@Blake
That’s correct. You can find more details online about fast boot settings for both Windows 10 and 11.

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3.2 seconds (ASUS ROG g513I)

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Tate said:
3.2 seconds (ASUS ROG g513I)

30 minutes on HDDs from 2018. Now, with both of my laptops, one boots in 8 seconds and the other in 6 seconds.

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Tate said:
3.2 seconds (ASUS ROG g513I)

Using fast start feels like cheating

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Blakeley said:

Tate said:
3.2 seconds (ASUS ROG g513I)

Using fast start feels like cheating

Surprisingly, I’m not using fast start.

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Tate said:

Blakeley said:
Tate said:
3.2 seconds (ASUS ROG g513I)

Using fast start feels like cheating

Surprisingly, I’m not using fast start.

My bad, friend.

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Between 30 seconds and a minute. I have a dual-core laptop from the time Windows 10 first came out.

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8 seconds on Ubuntu server edition

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Jules said:
8 seconds on Ubuntu server edition

Same for me but I use Linux mint

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2.5 seconds, I have the M4 MacBook Pro

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Jensen said:
2.5 seconds, I have the M4 MacBook Pro

Is it really a boot or a wake from sleep? On systems like the one shown in the video, the POST alone takes about 5 seconds. Even if Windows or Linux boots in 1ms, it will still take 5 seconds to be fully up and running. Windows only starts to boot when the ACER logo with the loading white circle shows. Before the ‘white circle,’ the system waits for a prompt to go to BIOS, which takes about 2 seconds. You can sometimes disable this in the BIOS.

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@Bao
Apple silicon Macs wake from sleep quite literally ‘instantly,’ so it’s definitely a boot.

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@Bao
A 5-second POST is pretty long for a laptop these days. Also, we don’t know if the original poster has fast boot enabled or not; if yes, then it’s not really a boot either.

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@Bao
I think it’s coming out of sleep. If powering on is about 5-7 seconds, then it’s a quick wake.

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@Bao
No, it’s definitely a boot. MacBooks wake up from sleep as fast as you can turn on the screen of your phone, which is to say it’s instantaneous.