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- BOOT.COM and CBOOT.COM
-
- These programs may be put in a batch file to cause a warm boot
- (BOOT.COM) or a cold boot (CBOOT.COM). A "warm" boot means one
- like you'd get with Ctrl-Alt-Del, with no memory check. A
- "cold" boot is one that starts from scratch, running the POST,
- memory check and so on. You'd certainly want a "cold" boot, for
- instance, to be more sure of disabling an active virus, because
- some of them can live through a warm boot.
-
- The main distinction in these programs is that they will try to
- flush any cache that may be holding data before rebooting. I
- say "try" advisedly--so far they seem to do a proper job, but
- you will have to try them with your cache to be sure.
-