How to turn off a new pc and exit out of BIOS?

[dolidze13]

Dumb question, how do I turn off my new pc? Haven’t installed windows yet and I just wanted to check some BIOS settings. I didn’t change anything. Every time I try to turn off the pc It just restarts and goes back into BIOS.

 

[geofelt]

If you hold the power button for 4 seconds or more, it will power down.

Of course, you could always pull the plug.

 

[dolidze13]

Is it safe though? I’ve heard that it should be only used as a last option...

 

[ikaz]

It's safe the you don't want to do that (or atleast try not too) once you have an OS loaded like Windows, this is because there are open files which could get corrupted if not closed property by the OS.

 

[USAFRet]

Is it safe though? I’ve heard that it should be only used as a last option...

With no OS, that IS the option.

The reason it is not otherwise recommended is if there is an OS, which may be doing some writing or cleanup on the drive. Sudden power off may corrupt that data.

 

[leeashton]

It's safe the you don't want to do that (or atleast try not too) once you have an OS loaded like Windows, this is because there are open files which could get corrupted if not closed property by the OS.

thats a load of BS, shutting down with power will NOT corrupt files, it will ONLY not save open work

 

[USAFRet]

It's safe the you don't want to do that (or atleast try not too) once you have an OS loaded like Windows, this is because there are open files which could get corrupted if not closed property by the OS.

thats a load of BS, shutting down with power will NOT corrupt files, it will ONLY not save open work

Really....
So you know 100%, at any particular moment in time, that the OS is not doing some delayed write to the drive?

You can state this for an absolute fact?
No write cache, no cleanup operations...nada?

 

[ikaz]

That is not BS if Windows (or any other program) is writing Data to files or registry Hive killing the power can corrupt Data period I seen happen 100's if more times (I work in IT support for a major enterprise for over 15 years).

 

[mgallo848]

If you press the power button on the tower for 1 second Windows will close and save your work before shutting down.

If you press and HOLD the power button (for 4-5 seconds) then Windows will shut off nearly instantly and NOT save and work before shutting down.

In dolidze13's case, he does NOT have an OS installed yet so holding the power button down until it's off is perfectly safe.