"To access Emergency Restart, press the CTRL + ALT + DEL keys on your Windows PC -- a pretty normal 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."
"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." The technique is the closest thing to holding down the on/off button on your PC without having to press it. This emergency restart is useful when your computer may have frozen to the point where nothing goes through, and it doesn't respond to anything other than CTRL + ALT + DEL. The method is also helpful on laptops lacking a physical power button."
Emergency Restart is a built-in Windows method triggered from the CTRL + ALT + DEL screen by holding CTRL and clicking the power button in the bottom-right corner. The action displays a warning that any unsaved data will be lost and labels the operation as a last-resort Emergency Restart. The method acts as an alternative to a hard reset and closely approximates holding the physical power button without pressing it. Emergency Restart is intended for systems that are frozen and only respond to CTRL + ALT + DEL, and it is especially useful on laptops without a physical power button.
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