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EXERCISE 137: Perform reboot procedure

Objectives

At the end of this exercise you shall be able to:
• to perform reboot procedure in pc (in different types of windows)
• to perform reboot procedure in mobile phones or tablets.
Requirements

Tools/Materials
• Personal computer - 1 No.
• Mobile phone - 1 No.
• Tablet - 1 No.

Theory
Rebooting a computer system means to restart a computer via the power button. Generally, we need to reboot
a system when we install any new software on our system. Rebooting is the process which may happen either
intentionally or unintentionally. The running processes get stopped and restart again to execute normally. We can
see that sometimes the computer suddenly stops to respond, hangs or displays a blue screen, and when we try
to use a mouse or keyboard to shut down, it doesn’t work. It becomes a critical condition that can be tackled by
rebooting the system. Thus, a computer user needs to know the method of rebooting a computer system. Most
users, who are new to the computer or don’t have enough computer knowledge, they just turn off the power button
when they detect any hanging problem with the computer. However, it is not the right way to tackle the situation
because it can harm the data stored in the computer or, in some cases, it may crash the Operating System.
Turning off the power button should be the last option when none of the methods works and the computer is still
frozen. Otherwise, one should avoid experimenting with such things.
Here, we will discuss each step one by one to learn how we can easily reboot a computer system.

Procedure

METHOD 1: Reboot a Windows 11, 10, or 8 Computer
The “normal” way to reboot a computer running Windows 11/10/8 is through the Start menu:
1 Open the Start menu.

2 Select the power icon at the bottom (Windows 11/10) or top (Windows 8) of the screen.
3 Select Restart.

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