I've redone so many Gateways, I could do it in my sleep. :) I
completely *wipe* (write zeros to) the entire drive. Then using
a Retail or a select license CD, install XP from scratch. Just
write down or somehow save the Device Manager listing of
devices in the machine. Even that is sorta unnecessary, since
by using the serial number, you can obtain the stuff (right
down to the originally shipped configuration) from the Gateway
site. But I would first go to the Gateway web site to see what
they have and what needs to be dug up someplace else.
Time is usually wasted uninstalling all the crap that comes
with the machine by using a *recovery* CD. :) Machines have
become an advertising medium, with all the trial this-n-that
being put on them now-days.
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Sharol Cutrell wrote:
Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be a choice. IT won't
boot from a floppy, and I couldn't format it using ntfs
anyway from there, and delete partition is the only choice
that Windows gives me. Never seen that before, but oh, well.
It is a Gateway. Maybe they dinked with the boot options.
Could I boot from a different Windows CD and then bail after
formatting the partition? That way I would get all the
options, right?
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