Hard reboot

A hard reboot is a full restore of a handheld computer[?] to its factory settings. It entails deleting all information stored in the handheld. This is essentially the same as reformatting[?] a hard drive.

A hard reboot may become necessary from time to time on a PDA which has too many unreliable programs on it. Thus it serves to restore stablity to the system. It should be used with caution, as it destroys all data on the unit!

See also: soft reboot[?]