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cold boot Last modified: Tuesday, May 20, 2003
The start-up of a computer from a powered-down, or off, state. Also called a hard boot. Contrast with warm boot, restarting a computer via the operating system.
BIOS System Boot Operations Describes what is involved in booting a PC, including a discussion of the steps in the system boot process, and a look at the power-on self-test (POST) that is conducted whenever the system starts up. This page is from "The PC Guide."	Related Categories Operating Systems Procedures, Functions and Routines Related Terms boot boot sequence clean boot warm boot