How To Reboot a Computer Hard Drive

There are times when some minor dysfunctions occur with your trusted computer. Oftentimes, a quick rebooting is what it needs in order for the applications or components run efficiently again. Save yourself the hassle of going to your IT solutions provider and try rebooting your computer by yourself.

When your computer “hangs”, meaning it has stopped being interactive in the middle of working with an application, you can try rebooting it in two different ways:

• Press the CTRL+ALT+DELETE keys at the same time. The Task Manager will appear and then find Users and then choose Disconnect
• Press the Restart/ Reboot button in your CPU. It is usually a smaller button right beside the CPU’s Power button.

There are other kinds of rebooting that you may need to perform.

• A soft reboot is done when you are required by the computer to do it. Oftentimes, the computer prompts you to do this after you have installed new applications or software in your computer. For a soft Windows reboot, go to the Start menu and then choose Shut Down or Restart. In Shut Down, the computer shuts itself off and then you have to press the Power button on the CPU again. Restart makes it boot up without further intervention from you.
• A hard reboot is performed by pushing the CPU’s Power button until the computer shuts off. Wait for about a minute or so and then push the Power button again to restart the computer. Sometimes, doing this prompts you to work in Safe Mode – this allows you to restart properly and work on programs in a safer way. Take note that this method may also cause you to lose data or change the normal operation of some of your programs, but it may be the only way for you to go on if your computer’s hard drive is frozen.
  

Usually, when your hard drive becomes frozen, you have to go to your computer retail provider and let them find ways to fix the problem

• Shut down all the computer’s components and disconnect all the cables (printer, monitor, external hard drives, audio device, mouse, etc…). Plug them all back again and then restart your computer.
• Find or purchase and install reboot programs that reorganize the hard drive reboot process. Check online for these kinds of programs. These applications help prevent problems that arise after your computer’s repeated use by making sure that your hard drive maintains the configuration you opted for your computer.

If your computer dysfunctions repeatedly, despite doing the above-mentioned methods, then, you might just need to take it to an experienced IT solutions provider to fix the problem for you.