Laptop Won't Power Off

[rscosworth]

Hey guys, first time user and lover of WinToUSB but I have some problems that I would like to seek guidance on.

I have created a USB-C Windows 11 installation using WinToUSB and everything appears to be working as designed. I am using this on a Lenovo Thinkpad T14s Gen3 device. The issue I have is when I reboot or shutdown the laptop from the Windows 11 WinToUSB installation the machine will stay powered on, that is, black screen, no activity. The only way to power off is to hold the power button for 5-10seconds, and then upon power on I can select the USB-C disk again and it boots into the WinToUSB installation normally (no errors about incorrectly shutting down or anything)

I am convinced this is likely a BIOS / Configuration issue in some way - can anyone assist?

Thanks

[admin]

Hey guys, first time user and lover of WinToUSB but I have some problems that I would like to seek guidance on.

I have created a USB-C Windows 11 installation using WinToUSB and everything appears to be working as designed. I am using this on a Lenovo Thinkpad T14s Gen3 device. The issue I have is when I reboot or shutdown the laptop from the Windows 11 WinToUSB installation the machine will stay powered on, that is, black screen, no activity. The only way to power off is to hold the power button for 5-10seconds, and then upon power on I can select the USB-C disk again and it boots into the WinToUSB installation normally (no errors about incorrectly shutting down or anything)

I am convinced this is likely a BIOS / Configuration issue in some way - can anyone assist?

Thanks

USB flash drives are usually slow to write, try to wait a while longer for Windows to write data to the USB flash drive.

[rscosworth]

Hey guys, first time user and lover of WinToUSB but I have some problems that I would like to seek guidance on.

I have created a USB-C Windows 11 installation using WinToUSB and everything appears to be working as designed. I am using this on a Lenovo Thinkpad T14s Gen3 device. The issue I have is when I reboot or shutdown the laptop from the Windows 11 WinToUSB installation the machine will stay powered on, that is, black screen, no activity. The only way to power off is to hold the power button for 5-10seconds, and then upon power on I can select the USB-C disk again and it boots into the WinToUSB installation normally (no errors about incorrectly shutting down or anything)

I am convinced this is likely a BIOS / Configuration issue in some way - can anyone assist?

Thanks

USB flash drives are usually slow to write, try to wait a while longer for Windows to write data to the USB flash drive.

Thanks for the reply, I should have stated that it’s a USB-C caddy with an SSD 240GB disk in it, I also have another USB-C caddy with a PCIe 4.0 nvme drive.

I’ve left the machine on in that state and it just stays powered on till the battery eventually drains.

[Petra [L]]

Hello,

I have a brand new PC,
copied Windows 11 with WinToUSB 9.9 to an external SSD,
booted the PC with it,
and it works.

BUT when I shut down the PC,
Windows closes,
the PC stays on, the fan runs...

It's the same problem that rscosworth described—
does anyone know a solution?

Thanks,
Petra.

[admin]

How long did you wait after turning off your computer?

[Petra [L]]

Hello admin,

The PC is really fast,
the SSD has a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connection (20 GB/s),
and I waited around 30 minutes
(I did something else in the meantime
and didn't wait for it).

I also use a USB stick based on Win-PE
to create backups of the system partition,
and this stick also shuts down the PC completely after shutting down Windows 11.

[Petra [L]]

... Addendum:
Hibernation mode and similar features are already disabled,
Windows 11 itself shuts down completely (at least it should...).

[Petra [L]]

Hello admin,
hello forum,

I have repeated the entire procedure:
using the current ISO of Windows 11
for the normal installation,
then using WinToUSB on an external SSD –
unfortunately with exactly the same result:
Windows itself shuts down,
but the PC (hardware)
is not shut down or restarted.

In the hope of still getting an answer
and a good tip,
here are the most important details about the PC:

Processor - AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
RAM - 96 GB
Swap file - min. 1 GB, max. 40 GB
No ‘hiberfile.sys’ or ‘sleep mode’
The external SSD is connected to
a USB4 port via USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 GB/s).

So, now I'm hoping for a good answer...