Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A soft reboot is restarting a computer with the usual restart procedure or command. It usually refers to an orderly shut down, then restart (reboot). A soft reboot is when a computer is rebooted (restarted) without removing power. This is done (perhaps) to save some wear and tear on the hardware. This is also sometimes known as a warm reboot. A soft reboot is more convenient than powering the computer completely down then back up. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.