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You're Doing it Wrong: Rebooting! Find out why!

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Why do computers/phones have a restart option along with the power off option?

▲ 7 pointsstory by saonnetOct 17, 20261 comment mentionRead on HN ↗
“On Windows, restart and shut down (power off) are not the same. When shutting down, Windows optimizes the next start by caching some stuff. So it is not a true, clean restart. On a restart, this cachi…”— Leftium, when sharing this video · read the comment ↗
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