Disable Fast Boot With SSD?

[Bulldog17]

The new Fast Boot feature of Windows 8 doesn't completely shut down Windows just because you ask it to...it saves the kernal session and device drivers to a hibernation file on the hard drive (hiberfil.sys). This lets the computer start faster.

Even though the hibernation file created by Fast Boot is smaller than a complete hibernation file, starting with a SSD is already plenty fast. In the name of avoiding unnecessary writes, is it a good idea to disable Fast Start when your computer has a SSD?

 

[mlcaouette]

If you're satisfied with the boot times with fast boot disabled, then sure. Fast boot does add to the shut down time since it has to write that file to disk.

 

[Bulldog17]

Sparing unnecessary writes to the SSD concerns me more than saving a few seconds of boot time.

So if I'm satisfied with my boot time with Fast Boot (Fast Start?) disabled, I may as well keep it that way to avoid the extra writes.

 

[mlcaouette]

Sounds like this one is solved.

 

[Bulldog17]

Best answer selected by Bulldog17.