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Cleaning all data of off a hard drive by
Leigh
Greetings,
I have a Gateway Solo 5300 CL. The hard drive is a Toshiba MK6015MA 4GB. I
have looked on the Toshiba website for a tool or software that I can
download that I can use to wipe all of the data off of the hard drive. I
could not find the software.
Sure I can us the Windows XP disk to...
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Buy a Gateway at retail, except some of the worst support in the industry. by
RMZ
What follows is a true story of my interaction with Gateway support,
based on this experience I will never buy another Gateway product. I
feel if others knew what they were getting into they may feel the same
way, so I am posting my experience to inform others.
I purchased a Gateway MX6453 in...
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Vista not shipping for weeks yet! by
Denzil
I wonder how many of you are like me ... still waiting for the Vista Upgrade
promised with my new computer bought last December.
I first applied for it on January 15th and subsequently had to jump through
multiple hoops of providing COA numbers, proof of purchase and all of that.
It took weeks...
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March 24th 07 05:55 AM
by KEN
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Old Gateway by
CKL
Ok - since I find a few people here.........
I just inherited an old Gateway Solo 9550 laptop from my sister. It wasn't
working - now is.....
However, she moved during the time and old disks are GONE. Therefore, I can
not start out with a clean install of WinXPP.
Currently, it has only a 10G...
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O.T. Sending gateway in, need help by
J.Lef
I am going to bring my almost three year old gateway laptop, running
windows xp(I have a 3 year warranty on it), to best buy geek squad for
repair.
It was purchased their and warranty is with them.
To protect my self, I want to purchase an external hard drive, and clone
the laptops...
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I/O Device Error by
Boris[_5_]
I didn't know about this group until I did a 'get new groups' in my news
reader. Nice to see some familiar Dell faces here!
I've got a couple of old Gateways (P2 and P4) laying around that I got from
my dad. The P4 is an E4600, 1.6MHz, with 256MB of PC800 rambus, but I just
ordered another...
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Need drivers for Gateway e-4000 by
Jimw
I just bought a used Gateway e-4000 from a reseller. It came complete
except for the harddrive, and the external stuff (keyboard, monitor,
mouse).
This particular computer came from the factory with Windows 2000 and
has the registration numbers on a label.
I have always used Windows98 on my...
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Gateway Solo 9100 CMOS Battery by
jag
Hi
My 9100 loses time. Does it have 3 batteries??
I have monitored the 6 cell 'bridge' battery and it seems ok, I have
removed this battery as well as the main 14,8 v battery with the AC
disconnected and it did not lose any time in 36 hours.
If there is another battery can you lead me to it. I...
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January 23rd 07 08:38 AM
by jag
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WARNING NT/Win2k/XP RPC Trojan worm on the loose by
lyon_wonder
http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=13295&category=main
The worm manifests itself as msblast.exe in the \system32 directory of
your NT/Win2k/XP system.
Be sure to download the appropriate patch at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp
and update the antivirus...
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Gateway Hard Drives by
Scott
I was watching HSN, and they had a Gateway rep promoting one of
their better desktops for $998. Upon opening the case, he remarked
how upgradeable the Gateway is...saying that cheaper computers often
come with a hard drive that's "soldered to the motherboard".
That's a new one on me.
Any...
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July 26th 05 05:59 AM
by J.Lef
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Someone must have the installation CD for a Gateway OEM Audigy 2 card! by
xxxxxxxx
I bought an Audigy 2 card from eBay, and it turned out to be a Gateway
OEM version, and the Audigy 2 installation CD I got from Creative
won't recognize it. Creative told me to get one from Gateway, but
Gateway refuses because I didn't buy a whole system from them.
The Gateway website has only a...
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Any problems with Netgear as a brand ??? by
newtothis
Hey people,
I can get the Netgear wireless equipment for a good deal, but want to make
sure it's a good enough brand. I'd hate to end up having problems just to
save a buck or two.
What I want to do:
Be able to have complete access to my DSL internet connection on my laptop
from anywhere in my...
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February 3rd 04 05:17 AM
by David
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Powerleap upgrade by
Broham
I have a Gateway P3 450mhz. If I install a Powerleap PL-iP3/T, how much of a
difference in real word applications will I see? I have 384mb of ram. 16mb
Voodoo card. I don't do any gaming, but I do use Office, browsing, etc.....I
run Win2000pro.
Thanks
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February 4th 04 09:38 PM
by sohn
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CHANGING DEFAULT HOME PAGE by
Chopperdad
I have a fairly new Dell and the home page that is listed as the "Use
Default" is Dellnet.com. I would like to change it so it will be my actual
home page and not Dell's. Every time I enter the one I use as my home page
it is okay, but if I click on the "Use Default" it switches to...
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CD writer on P5-133 by
Mark Dunn
Can I fit a CD writer in my p5-133? All the specs seem to require 166MHz.
Thanks. It would be really handy for photographs.
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September 18th 04 06:39 AM
by Scott
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Trigem by
Robert
I noticed that the return address on the Gateway box for my new 7200XL
computer is for a TRIGEM Computer out of Foothill California.
Is TRIGEM a contract manufacturer for Gateway?
Also, I noticed that the monitor appears to be used. There was dust on
several of its surfaces and the packing foam...
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USB/win98 help again. by
Mark Dunn
Help again! I get an IRQ resource conflict with a new PCI USB card (with the
printer) and removing unused COM ports in Device Manager safe mode doesn't
help. When trying to load the drivers, 'add new hardware' wizard can't find
a bunch of .inf files and won't look anywhere else but on the Win98 CD...
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Dead Gateway Essential 633C by
Geoff
Hello,
need some troubleshooting advice here.
Computer: Gateway Essential 633C Celeron
MB is MS-6312 VER:1
64MB SDRAM
Got a dead computer and do not know where to start
because I have no Schematics or test equipment
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FX530 Intermittent No Signal and 3D Game Crash Problem by
Ikaros[_2_]
I have a 2 1/4 year old FX530. My system specs are below. Sometimes
while playing the 3D game Unreal Tournament 3, the game will blank out
and I get a No Signal message on my LCD monitor. I have to turn the
computer off and back on to get video back. It is connected to my
video card via a digital...
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