When you install programs or drivers on your laptop, most of them ask for you to restart the system to make the necessary changes.

Similarly, you may be working on the PC when it suddenly stops functioning. You will need to restart the system, and the usual process may not work.

So, in this guide, we have provided different methods on how to reboot your system properly.

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How to Properly Reboot Your Laptop?

Before restarting your laptop, you should save all the important files. Similarly, you should also close all the running programs that have unsaved files. Otherwise, the system will not reboot and hold off by asking for further instructions to exit the file and restart.

It is the regular way of restarting your system from thedesktop screen. But you probably know it already. Nevertheless, let’s see how to do this in a different version of Windows.

Your computer will reboot now. However, Windows 8 does not have a power button to restart your laptop.

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you may also utilize the context menu, also called asWinX menu, to reboot your PC. Let’s see how you can do this.

Your laptop will start rebooting now.

From Ctrl + Alt + Delete Screen

Sometimes, thedesktop may just freeze, and you may not be able to access the above interfaces. In such cases, you may attempt to restart your system from Ctrl + Alt + Delete Screen.

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Your system should reboot and revert the desktop back to normal.

If you just opened the laptop and want to restart it before reaching the desktop, you may use thelock screento do it. You can also use this method in case the system hangs to reboot it.

Using Alt + F4 Shortcut

You also can restart your laptop using a keyboard shortcut and save yourself from all the above hassle.

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