If you restart it in the menu with the mouse or keyboard then it's a "Soft" or normal reboot.
If you have to restart with the power button (or restart button on older Macs) on the side of computer case then its a "Hard" reboot.
There are two types of boots: warm boot and cold boot.
A warm boot is when the power to the computer remains on during the reboot, i.e. from the start menu in Windows, you select to turn off computer, then choose restart (WIN XP), if you choose to shut down the computer (power it off), then the next boot will be a cold boot.
A cold boot is when the computer is powered on.
A warm boot does not perform (depending on configuration) some system integrity checks that are always performed on a cold boot.
A "hot" boot.
widget restart bu ten using the my computer restart agent restart
Press the power button or go to start>Turn off computer>restart
The Automatic Restart on Systems Failure option is enabled
Reset
Reboot means to restart. To restart or reboot click the apple icon top left and then click Restart.
Nope, you have to have the computer on to play movies. Unless you have a DVD player.
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.
USB.
just build up a new account and set up the pw then restart your computer
Plug-and-Play.
Cold booting occurs when the electrical power (the switch button) on the system unit is turned and warm booting occurs when the computer system restart or reset without turning off the power.
Restart your computer and a soon as Windows starts loading, press F8. There should be numerous options including one that says something like, "Safe Mode with Command Prompt." Arrow down to that option and press enter.