hard boot

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hard boot - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  hard boot
  
     <operating system> A boot which resets the entire system.
  
     The phrase has connations of hostility toward, or frustration
     with, the computer being booted.  For example, "I'll have to
     hard boot this losing Sun", or "I recommend booting it
     hard".
  
     Hard boots are often performed with a power cycle.
  
     Contrast soft boot.  See also cold boot and reboot
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-11-27)
  

hard boot - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  hard boot
   n.
  
     See boot.