Solved Need to force full shutdown of Windows 8 instead of hibern

I have a dual boot Windows 8/Ubuntu 12.10 system. Windows 8 is on a seperate partition, but occassionally when I'm running Ubuntu, I need to mount this partition to get a file. But Windows 8 hibernates the partition on shutdown, so I am unable to mount it.

I need to know how to make this hibernation stop, and force a full shutdown when I exit Windows, so this hibernation file is not associated with this partition.

Go To power options in Control Panel, Click Change what the power buttons does, Then Click Change settings that are currently unavailable, Un-tick the Turn On Fast Startup (recommended) Checkbox.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6320-fast-startup-turn-off-windows-8-a.html?filter

This to turn off Hybrid Shutdown (Fast Startup or Hibernation-Shutdown Hybrid)

I truly appreciate your prompt and knowledgeable attention to my problem.

You are welcome!

Fellas. I have a shared data partition for files I need to access from Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 in a dual-boot arrangement. The way Windows 8 is setup on initial installation, signing out and selecting shutdown does not actually power down the computer...it hibernates it. So, when I turn the computer back on and boot Ubuntu, I am unable to mount the shared partition because it has a hibernate file in the boot file that tells Ubuntu the partition is still mounted. I can remove this file in terminal in Ubuntu, then mount, but it is ridiculous to go through this each time I boot Linux. I followed these procedures with success when I initially set up the shared partition: I went into control panel with administrator priveleges, selected power. I then selected change what the power button does. Changed from hibernate to shutdown in the need ed areas. Then I clicked on chenge the available settings, scrolled down and turned off the enable fast boot option which tells Windows 8 to hibernate instead of shutting down completely.

This proceedure worker perfectly for a week or so, but then for some reason, it reverted to a state in which Ubuntu cannot mount the shared partition because it's still mounted by Windows. I rechecked the afore outlined steps and the settings are as they should be. Either a Windows update has changes something or there is something I'm missing. I cannot even remove the hibernate flag from the boot loader in Unbuntu terminal as I could before.

I understand that if I add the full switch to the shutdown.exe command (shutdown /s /full /t 0) I can force windows to power down completely every time I shut it down. But I don't know how to edit this command. Can someone please teach me how to add this switch to the shutdown.exe command?

patagriff said:

Fellas. I have a shared data partition for files I need to access from Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 in a dual-boot arrangement. The way Windows 8 is setup on initial installation, signing out and selecting shutdown does not actually power down the computer...it hibernates it. So, when I turn the computer back on and boot Ubuntu, I am unable to mount the shared partition because it has a hibernate file in the boot file that tells Ubuntu the partition is still mounted. I can remove this file in terminal in Ubuntu, then mount, but it is ridiculous to go through this each time I boot Linux. I followed these procedures with success when I initially set up the shared partition: I went into control panel with administrator priveleges, selected power. I then selected change what the power button does. Changed from hibernate to shutdown in the need ed areas. Then I clicked on chenge the available settings, scrolled down and turned off the enable fast boot option which tells Windows 8 to hibernate instead of shutting down completely.

This proceedure worker perfectly for a week or so, but then for some reason, it reverted to a state in which Ubuntu cannot mount the shared partition because it's still mounted by Windows. I rechecked the afore outlined steps and the settings are as they should be. Either a Windows update has changes something or there is something I'm missing. I cannot even remove the hibernate flag from the boot loader in Unbuntu terminal as I could before.

I understand that if I add the full switch to the shutdown.exe command (shutdown /s /full /t 0) I can force windows to power down completely every time I shut it down. But I don't know how to edit this command. Can someone please teach me how to add this switch to the shutdown.exe command?

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No, you don't need to add a /full switch.
Actually, Default Shutdown (Hybrid) uses shutdown.exe /s /hybrid to initiate a hybrid shutdown. The Charms Bar button to shutdown will run it using /hybrid switch.

If you need to use Full Shutdown, you can use the old-fashioned shutdown.exe /s.