cold booted
Started from off
Cold booted describes a computer that has been started from a completely powered-off state, as opposed to restarted or woken from sleep.
A cold boot clears all memory and reloads the operating system from scratch: After the crash, I cold booted the system and everything worked fine.
The term distinguishes from a warm boot, which restarts without fully powering down.
computing
Commence anew
- power cycleRestart by cutting electricity
- initializationPreparing system for operation
- POSTStartup hardware verification
- BIOSBoot-up initialization firmware
UEFI · firmware · bootloader · startup sequence · system restore · power-on · self-test · motherboard
restart
Commence anew
- power cycleRestart by cutting electricity
- initializationPreparing system for operation
- POSTStartup hardware verification
BIOS · UEFI · firmware · bootloader · startup sequence · system restore · power-on · self-test · motherboard · CMOS