Unless you know what you’re doing, you would never try and reboot your computer. However, there are chances that your computer might crash and this would certainly be a wake up call for you to reboot your computer system. If your computer hangs and the good old Ctrl-Alt-Del just gives up on you, what do you do? Sure, out of frustration, you may simply push the restart button, but that sure doesn’t mean that this problem will never come up ever again. So what exactly does the term rebooting mean anyways?

In simple words, rebooting is nothing but turning off the computer and then turning it back on again. The importance of rebooting is well established from the fact when you want to get rid of some errors that you might come across. Sometimes the reboot might just start automatically if any application or even if the hardware is overloaded all of a sudden. One important aspect that all users have to remember is that if he wants to reboot the computer even when his system is operating normally, he should never press the restart or the power button directly. It is always advisable that in such a case, he follows the steps used/required by the particular Operating System.

Then of course there is the option of rebooting using the Windows rebootable CD. Once you insert the CD in the drive, you will be directed to the Setup page. If you’re using Windows XP, you will have to repair the existing XP installation. After you’re done with the repair, it will ask you where you want the file saved but if you miss that part, you need not worry because it will be saved on the C drive by default. This way, you will see that through setup, all the files will be copied to your hard disk or the location mentioned by you thereby rebooting your computer. This is also a very good way to wipe off any traces of spywares and viruses from your computer.

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