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Computer will not boot properly
Name: Saren2989 Date: July 19, 2009 at 18:41:32 Pacific OS: Windows Xp Home Product: Gateway / 4538gz Subcategory: General
Comment:
to keep a long story short, my notebook a gateway 4538GZ will not boot but instead continuously loops between the loading screen and the screen displaying the various boot methods. clicking any of the options results in a restart and return to that page. on top of that, my cd drive is not reading the restore cds that came with the computer. i have tried booting from a ubuntu live cd, but the drive wont read that either. i suspect some sort of virus as my norton just expired, but i cant fix it if i cant access anything... im pretty much out of ideas at this point.
Name: Supertrucker Date: July 19, 2009 at 19:11:11 Pacific
Reply:
What os?
WinXp Amd 64 3000 Msi Neo2 Platinuim 1 gig ddr 400. When we cast a pebble into a pond we should look past the first ripple.
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Response Number 2
Name: Saren2989 Date: July 19, 2009 at 19:38:59 Pacific
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Sorry, its xp home , intel Pentium M 725 (1.6 GHz) processor, 100gb hard drive, 333 mhz ddr ram..
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Response Number 3
Name: Supertrucker Date: July 19, 2009 at 19:50:15 Pacific
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Ill pm you
WinXp Amd 64 3000 Msi Neo2 Platinuim 1 gig ddr 400. When we cast a pebble into a pond we should look past the first ripple.
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Response Number 4
Name: Saren2989 Date: July 20, 2009 at 08:31:19 Pacific
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So heres an update, i tried using ERD from my usb, but that didnt work. apparently my laptop, being from 2005 does not support boot from usb. my next question would be whether or not id be able to boot from an external cd drive as it uses a usb.
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Response Number 5
Name: Supertrucker Date: July 20, 2009 at 13:32:13 Pacific
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Burn erd to a cd as an iso. It will run from a external cd as lon as you sys will boot from it
WinXp Amd 64 3000 Msi Neo2 Platinuim 1 gig ddr 400. When we cast a pebble into a pond we should look past the first ripple.
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