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FULL system restore
Name: rickydd Date: December 21, 2004 at 02:54:36 Pacific OS: WIN XP Home CPU/Ram: celeron 1.8gig/256 mb
Comment:
well I'm trying to repair this laptop,it has so many deep errors through the system, well to make a long story short, I thought I'd try FULL SYSTEM RESTORE,but I can't seem to find info on how to do it. Can anyone help. thanks
Name: angrymen2001 Date: December 21, 2004 at 03:01:03 Pacific
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If your trying to do a system restore without a format, just stick in the cd, turn on the computer and select system repair. You may have to change the bios to boot to CD if the laptop doesn't detect the CD on boot. If your going to reformat and start over, then you will see on the CD to delete the partition(s), set partition(s), then format and install. Hope this helps
When all else fails beat the $%!* out of it!!!
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Response Number 2
Name: rickydd Date: December 21, 2004 at 03:20:10 Pacific
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thanks, but unfortunatly, Idont, have the CD and niether does the owner
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Response Number 3
Name: ICT Support Date: December 21, 2004 at 03:33:44 Pacific
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Is the manufacturer gatway, as in your listing.? Packard Bell, has a partition on disk to re-install XP... F11 on start up. Just a thought.
You can never know to much!
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Response Number 4
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: December 21, 2004 at 03:42:11 Pacific
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rickydd, on mine,start> programs> accesories> system tools> restore gets you there. Maybe yours is the same? HTH. Ed in Texas.
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Response Number 5
Name: rickydd Date: December 21, 2004 at 04:12:47 Pacific
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F11dosn't access anything on this gateway laptop,andsys restore dosn'tlist FULLsystem restore thanks anyway
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Response Number 6
Name: DublA Date: December 21, 2004 at 12:03:20 Pacific
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Suggest you search Gateway's support site for that exact model and see what their plan was for a complete Restore/reinstall of XP. They often differ from model# and time built.
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Response Number 7
Name: seawatch Date: December 21, 2004 at 12:31:20 Pacific
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Gateway wiil sell you acomplete set of disks for aorund $34.95.
On your computer there is a serial number. Go the Gateway site and type that in. All Gateway computers are listed with the exact profile they left the factory with.
That should give you a starting point.
Larry
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Response Number 8
Name: rickydd Date: December 25, 2004 at 06:01:44 Pacific
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MERRY X-MAS ALL,I was wondering, since I don't have the restore kit and gateway informs me they don't have the disk set any more, is it possible to install, say, linux os over windows, will that solve all the error probs that have incured w/windowsXP os as if I did a full install of windowsXP
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Windows XP Home CD Issues
