Diff. between Shutdown and Restart

[yakis]

Hi all,
Was wondering what is the difference between "shutdown
the computer and turn it on again after 10 seconds" and "pushing the Restart
button".
My OS is Windows XP Pro SP2 IE 6
Thanks,
yakis

 

[Tony Norman]

Shutting down turns it off completely. Restarting reboots the system, which
is similar to shutting down, only you don't have to turn it back on again.

 

[NobodyMan]

Shutting down turns it off completely. Restarting reboots the system, which
is similar to shutting down, only you don't have to turn it back on again.

You didn't really answer the question.

If you choose the "restart" option from the shutdown dialog, your
system performs an orderly shutdown, closing open files and generally
cleaning up after itself before shutting down and rebooting.

When you just press the reset button, the system will restart, but you
will lose any pending data not saved, likely strand various data
files, and could possibly corrupt certain system files depending on
their state when you hit the reset button. Best to save the reset
button for situations where you don't have an option to restart using
the shutdown dialog.

 

[Tony Norman]

I did it the simple way, and you did it the technical way. Don't get me
wrong, because that's good! (I probably would have wanted to know more than
I put in my concise post too.) lol

 

[Bob I]

The OP said Restart NOT "RESET", YOU didn't answer the question.

 

[Bob I]

You did just fine. Nobodyman misread the question, and gave the wrong
answer.

 

[NobodyMan]

The button on the computer is known as the RESET button, not the
RESTART button. So I DID answer the question.

Care to play again?

 

[NobodyMan]

No, I read the question correctly and provided the complete correct
answer. There is no "restart" button on the computer, only a RESET
button. Please know proper terrms before trying to chide others.

 

[Gene K]

Some computers have Reset Buttons in addition to what I and many others call
the "Power" button {the fairly large one usually near the center of the
front panel]. There is no physical "Restart" button; you do that with the
clickable software "Restart" icon which appears after you click the "Turn
off Computer" icon.
Gene K

 

[Bob I]

Unfortunately You are once again INCORRECT. The XP (not classical)
Shutdown dialog box provides a "Turn Off" button, and a "Restart" button.

 

[Bob I]

Since the OP didn't say RESET, but specifically said "Restart", and the
Shutdown dialog provides a "Restart" button. Then you are still
incorrect. So please put your hand back down, you are just flat out
wrong, accept it.

 

[Bob I]

Please look at the screenshot.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/images/press/2004/08-06SP2Shutdown_lg.jpg

 

[Don Schmidt]

OK I'll bite. What is the difference between Reset and Restart?

 

[NobodyMan]

No, I'm not "wrong." I don't use the insipid user desktop defaulted
to by XP, and NONE (zero, nada, nil) of the 50 to 100 of the computers
I support have this function anywhere in the shutdown dialog.

I speak of what I support. Just because what YOU have on your
computer doesn't match the interface in XP I use doesn't make my
answer WRONG. It just makes you a grumpy bastard. Maybe you should
talk to NoStop and switch to Linux, I think it would suit your
temperament.

 

[Bob I]

The "reset" is a hardware system, some pc's will have a small button on
the front that applies a short across the motherboard reset connectors
to re-initialize the motherboard and its components. Since it's a
hardware initiated processed any "software programs", processes and open
files are not given any consideration but just "dumped". This is useful
when the operating system or driver malfunction has completely locked up
the PC. The PC will then attempt to boot back up.

A "restart" on the other hand, is software/operating initiated
procedure, the system will close programs and files, stop processes and
then shutdown with reboot set. This is used when installing system
updates, hardware, drivers and programs that require a reboot to
initialize them before use.

 

[Bob I]

Since you admit that you don't use the interface that is being
discussed, then you are wrong by virtue of not knowing what you are
talking about.

 

[NobodyMan]

Or perhaps YOU don't know what I am talking about?

Whatever.

 

[NotMe]

Pressing the reset button on the front of the computer will restart it. This
is not recommended because it does not shut Windows down properly and may
result in data corruption/loss.
Selecting restart from the shutdown menu will restart the system (without
the chkdsk utility running as it will after pressing the reset button) and
without the data loss associated with using the reset button.
Selecting shutdown from the shutdown menu will turn the power off to the
system after shutting down windows properly (thus avoiding data
loss/corruption).
When pushing the power button after a proper shutdown, the machine should
boot without the chkdsk utility wanting to run.

BTW: Calling people names will just get you flamed or future questions
ignored.