"You might wonder about the difference between this emergency method and a regular restart. The answer goes back to the final term -- "last resort". As BetaNews explained in 2023, the method is "an alternative to a hard reset." It's the closest thing to holding down the on/off button on your PC without actually pressing it. This emergency restart is useful when your computer has frozen to the point where nothing works, and it doesn't respond to anything except CTRL + ALT + DEL."
"To access Emergency Restart, press CTRL + ALT + DEL on your Windows PC -- a pretty standard action. However, this time, hold down the CTRL key and click the power button in the bottom-right corner of the screen. This action leads to a message on screen stating that you're attempting an Emergency Restart, adding "Click OK to immediately restart. Any unsaved data will be lost." The statement concludes, "Use this only as a last resort." Click "OK", and your computer will turn off and back on as normal."
Emergency Restart offers a forced reboot option triggered from the Secure Attention Sequence. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, hold Ctrl, and click the power button in the bottom-right corner to initiate it. The system warns that unsaved data will be lost and labels the action as a last resort. The feature acts like an alternative to a hard reset and approximates holding the physical power button without pressing it. The method is useful when the OS is unresponsive except to Ctrl+Alt+Del and is helpful on laptops without a physical power button. Use only when other recovery options fail.
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