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Posted by BillW50 on February 19, 2008, 12:58 pm
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mamounjo3@yahoo.com typed on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:55:29 -0800 (PST):
> Hi, I recently bought a Gateway MT3422 laptop a few months ago. I
> decided to try to install windows xp because I didn't want the windows
> vista on the system. while installing windows xp, I realized that I
> had lost the serial number. So I could not enter the serial number
> and just aborted the installation. From then on, when I tried to
> reinstall another operating system, such as Ubuntu linux or reinstall
> the factory gateway windows vista disc, the computer would freeze up
> within minutes of booting up the OS install discs. For example, the
> ubuntu install cd would load up, and after 7-10 minutes just freeze.
> with the gateway windows vista reinstall dvd, The screen came on as
> normal, showed the Gateway boot screen, and then went to the windows
> vista screen where the little green bars scroll across the screen
> while it boots. After a few seconds the bars freeze and it does not
> continue booting. Anyone know what the problem is? Gateway tech
> support wasn't able to fix it for me. finally, I downloaded from them
> the gwscan512 program, unzipped it, found the gwscan512.iso file among
> the unzipped files, and burned that into a gwscan boot disc. So I
> loaded that up and I'm trying to wipe out the hard drive with zeros
> and then try to reinstall everything from the beginning. but what is
> the main problem for this? could the physical ram or hard drive have
> a problem?
I don't know, sounds like it could be either.
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Bill
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