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    Windows 10 and Intel Rapid Start Technology

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by shimsim, Sep 15, 2015.

  1. shimsim

    shimsim Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a 2013 XPS 15 (9530) and just performed a clean Windows 10 install on it, and whilst putting everything back I realized that the Intel Rapid Start Application has not been updated since 2013 (not be confused with Intel Rapid Store Technology, also IRST, not confusing at all).

    So my question is ..... should I bother with Rapid Start anymore or has this been superseded by anything (in Windows 10 perhaps). The current XPS BIOS (just updated) still has support for rapid start, but there does not seem to be any new software for Windows 10. I have installed the last version of Rapid Start (the 2013 one) and it seems to run fine on Win10, or at least I haven't seen any problems, but it seems strange that its so old. Am I missing something? Does Win10 not need rapid start?

    Any feedback on this would be appreciated.
     
    shimsim, Sep 15, 2015
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    ExParrot Notebook Geek

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    I think Rapid Start is of little to no value with a system that boots off an SSD or hybrid drive. And the number of problems I've read about with Rapid Start make it a definite pass for me. But I'm a purist who turns off hibernation, Superfetch, Prefetch, and all the other crap that maybe saves a second here or there but costs in wasted CPU cycles, disk space, and/or reliability, so you may want to seek saner advice :D.
     
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  3. shimsim

    shimsim Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank for your feedback on this, I actually thought the same but wanted to get some advice first. I have since nuked my IRTS partition and not really noticed much difference on the resume times using the Windows native resume/hibernate.
    p.s. I never trust people who think they are sane :p
     
    shimsim, Oct 5, 2015
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    Ramzay Notebook Connoisseur

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    Yeah rapid start is mostly for people not using a SSD. Rapid Storage still has uses I think.
     
    Ramzay, Oct 16, 2015
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  5. shimsim

    shimsim Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, actually I should have posted back to confirm this. I did a clean install without using IRST (disabled in the BIOS, no dedicated hibernation partition), and the restore from hibernate time is virtually the same if not faster, so IRST would seem to be redundant, at least for Win10 + SSD
     
    shimsim, Oct 16, 2015
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