Malissav75
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I have been on a search for help for a few weeks. I stumbled across you sight and saw a glimmer of light! I have read threads for about an hour, in hopes to find something that might answer my question, but nothing that really hits it. So here goes my issue!
I have a Gateway T-series laptop, model W350A using OS Vista Home Premium 64-bit that is giving me fits. I didn't get any disks with this computer, and the Geek Squad coverage I had before expired.
I am having issues with all my software. Firefox not responding, jar file errors, windows errors when I shut down, Google Chrome has resolving host issues. No mater what program I download or install, something goes wacky with it. I do believe that its my laptop because I have a brand new Compaq that handles the same programs without issues.
So i wanted to restore this Gateway to factory settings. I tried to get my restore to work, but it tells me that there is not a good restore point. I can't figure out how to get this done. I have a partition that has everything stored, but I don't know how to access that. It says PC Angel, and there is an info folder that is locked.
When I boot my computer I have to options F10 and F2. When i select F10 for the boot menu, I get 3 options:
1. IDE CD: Optiarc DVD RW AD-756-3A(P
2. IDE 4: WDC WD2500BEVS-22USTO-(S)
3. PCI BEV: REALTEK BOOT AGENT
I don't know what any of this is, but I tried option 3 thinking I could boot from maybe my partition. It goes thru a few things and then tells me windows didn't shut down properly, restart windows and it counts down to load.
So I go with F2 for BIOS Settings. This gives me a few screens, nothing that I can access a system restore.
I have tried the F10 + Alt, and it does nothing. Just keeps loading windows. I can get on the internet, and do a few things here and there. Nothing with great speed and without something crashing. So if you can direct me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. I did download and burn the 64-bit disk that was recommended. I didn't use it because I didn't think that I had boot issues. Thanks for any help and ideas!
I have a Gateway T-series laptop, model W350A using OS Vista Home Premium 64-bit that is giving me fits. I didn't get any disks with this computer, and the Geek Squad coverage I had before expired.
I am having issues with all my software. Firefox not responding, jar file errors, windows errors when I shut down, Google Chrome has resolving host issues. No mater what program I download or install, something goes wacky with it. I do believe that its my laptop because I have a brand new Compaq that handles the same programs without issues.
So i wanted to restore this Gateway to factory settings. I tried to get my restore to work, but it tells me that there is not a good restore point. I can't figure out how to get this done. I have a partition that has everything stored, but I don't know how to access that. It says PC Angel, and there is an info folder that is locked.
When I boot my computer I have to options F10 and F2. When i select F10 for the boot menu, I get 3 options:
1. IDE CD: Optiarc DVD RW AD-756-3A(P
2. IDE 4: WDC WD2500BEVS-22USTO-(S)
3. PCI BEV: REALTEK BOOT AGENT
I don't know what any of this is, but I tried option 3 thinking I could boot from maybe my partition. It goes thru a few things and then tells me windows didn't shut down properly, restart windows and it counts down to load.
So I go with F2 for BIOS Settings. This gives me a few screens, nothing that I can access a system restore.
I have tried the F10 + Alt, and it does nothing. Just keeps loading windows. I can get on the internet, and do a few things here and there. Nothing with great speed and without something crashing. So if you can direct me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. I did download and burn the 64-bit disk that was recommended. I didn't use it because I didn't think that I had boot issues. Thanks for any help and ideas!
