DISABLE IT! Google how to do it.
Window 8 has something called fast boot. Basically uses RAM to actually never shut down all the way. This is great when windows 8 starts, it starts fast...problem is if you ever need to access the HD using a Linux or other boot utility without booting into windows, the HD is locked & unable to mount.
Found this out this week when I tried to reset a password for a company laptop that wasn't setup right with the Admin account not enabled. Couldn't do a damn thing because the fast boot locked the file system & couldn't mount the drive to get access to the windows partition.
Window 8 has something called fast boot. Basically uses RAM to actually never shut down all the way. This is great when windows 8 starts, it starts fast...problem is if you ever need to access the HD using a Linux or other boot utility without booting into windows, the HD is locked & unable to mount.
Found this out this week when I tried to reset a password for a company laptop that wasn't setup right with the Admin account not enabled. Couldn't do a damn thing because the fast boot locked the file system & couldn't mount the drive to get access to the windows partition.