Re: [info-tech] Curse you Gateway

2008-03-06 Thread Karl Hehr
Ok, I guess Spring Break can't come fast enough.. I am officially an idiot. The issue was I grabbed my XPSp2 that was for an HP computer that had to work together with a Restore Plus disk NOT my XPSP2 Install CD. As soon as I got the right media, all was well. Sorry. Karl H. Hehr Tec

Re: [info-tech] Curse you Gateway

2008-03-06 Thread Bill Day
I was able to hold down the f10 key and then boot to the live ubuntu cd. Maybe I just got lucky and mine came clean. Karl Hehr wrote: Right but how did you boot to the CD. I can't even boot to the CD to install anything, including Unbuntu. As soon as it tries and boots from the CD Drive this

Re: [info-tech] Curse you Gateway

2008-03-06 Thread Karl Hehr
Right but how did you boot to the CD. I can't even boot to the CD to install anything, including Unbuntu. As soon as it tries and boots from the CD Drive this little message appears that says something along the lines of "This computer was shipped with re-install cds for verification purpo

Re: [info-tech] Curse you Gateway

2008-03-06 Thread Bill Day
Sorry Karl, I installed ubuntu on the Gateway e4100 I received so can't help with windows. Bill Day TRV Karl Hehr wrote: OK, so I have 20 wonderful Gateways that I picked up from the USDA, one problem. I can't boot to a CD to image/reinstall XP because there is a little bit in the bios that

[info-tech] Curse you Gateway

2008-03-06 Thread Karl Hehr
OK, so I have 20 wonderful Gateways that I picked up from the USDA, one problem. I can't boot to a CD to image/reinstall XP because there is a little bit in the bios that checks for the original restore CD from Gateway (which of Course I do not have) How do I bypass this? I would really li