You can restart windows without waiting 30 seconds for your BIOS to finish loading... Windows Vista: Select Start, then hover over the arrow to the right of the padlock icon until the pop-up menu appears. Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking "Restart". Windows XP: Select Start, then "Shut...

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