What Does Cold Boot Mean?
Cold boot is the process of starting a computer from shutdown or a powerless state and setting it to normal working condition. A cold boot refers to the general process of starting the hardware components of a computer, laptop or server to the point that its operating system and all startup applications and services are launched.
Techopedia Explains Cold Boot
A cold boot is usually set in motion by pressing a computer’s power button. A computer doing a cold boot is already in a shutdown state, wherein no hardware, software, network or peripheral operations are occurring. For the most part, a cold boot is done so that a computer is able to perform standard computing tasks (general use). However, sometimes cold boot is necessary after software and usually hardware troubleshooting.
