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A soft boot should be used on your computer any time that you press restart after installing updates, or programs. A soft boot is when you allow all programs to close before you restart. The only time you would use a hard boot is when you have to restart without allowing programs to close first.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoA hard boot, or cold boot, involves turning on the power with the on/off switch, A soft boot, or warm boot, involves using the operating system to reboot.
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What do you call restarting a computer when it is already powered on?
Cold boot is the term used for starting the computer from the power off condition.
What are the differences between soft boot warm boot?
A soft boot is when you just turn a device off and back on. Which you can do by hitting the power button off then back on or use a reset button which also powers off and on a device automatically. A hard boot is when you completely erase the software that runs in the device and re install it back on to the device.
What is the partition used by operating system to boot the computer?
Most operating systems uses the boot partition to boot the computer. In some operating systems, both the system partition and the boot partition are used to boot up the system.
When do you use a hard boot?
A hard boot can reset a computer's operating system and clear RAM. It should only be used if you cannot complete a manual shut down.
What does it means to boot a computer?
Turn it on when it is completely off.
What type of computer memory contains a set of instructions that is used to boot up the computer is?
RAM.
What is the Windows boot manager used for?
Windows boot manager controls how your computer will restart again. One example is to boot after going to sleep. Another example is to boot after pressing the reset button.
What can be used to start a computer?
You can personally start it or remotely start it ...
What CMOS setup change could be made to prevent a computer from being booted?
There are likely several CMOS settings that will heep a computer from booting. One of the most obvious is the password setting. If you make it require a password to boot the computer, it won't boot. Then there are the hard drive settings. If you disable the hard drive or the hard drive ports, then the computer won't boot. Then there are settings that should never be used for this, such as setting the memory and CPU clock to very unreasonable values.
What method should be used to apply boot oil to new boots?
horse hair boot brush.
What is the Windows XP boot disk used for?
If your Windows operating system gets corrupted, you can start the computer using the boot disk and repair the damage.
What is the default partition style used in Windows 7 on an x86 computer?
Master boot record
