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  1. Martell1977

    Gateway NV55C turns off after a few minutes

    Hello, I'm having an issue with a Gateway NV55C PEW91 laptop. The laptop will shut off after a few minutes. I don't mean that there will be an error or Windows goes into shutdown, I mean the screen goes black and the power light goes off. It's like someone pulled all the power from the unit. It...
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    creating a factory restore disk

    How can I create a set of restore disk on a Gateway NV5209h. Never got a set when I purchase the laptop. Afraid that if it crashes I will be stuck. please help. thanks
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    gateway netbook tries to start but hard disk quits

    gateway netbook LT41po2h when pressing power button the netbook hard disk sounds like it wants to start then it quits
  4. lejacob

    Gateway NV51B02h Won't Boot Up

    I've had this laptop for a while, and about a year ago it stopped booting up, and ever since then I've tried lots of ways to fix it, none of which where successful, here is a pic of the screen when I try and boot it up. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and fixed it, I know...
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    HardDisk Security Lock

    I have a gateway ne722 windows 8.1 64bits and I stupidly removed my hard drive to try it on an asus laptop windows 8. The asus hard drive had a hdd lock. I put the asus hard drive into the gateway. I messed with both laptops bios. The asus hard drive would not work in the gateway but the gateway...
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    how to locate missing cursor on gateway laptop

    Touch pad isn't working.
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    My Gateway NV55C laptop would not reboot. Added a new hard drive and Sleeved old one

    My Gateway NV55C laptop would not reboot. After several attempts and bringing it to a computer specialist it was determined the hard drive had bad sectors and needed to be replaced. We sleeved the hard drive so it would be an external drive(thus saving my work), and I installed a new hard...
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    Reset my gateway lap top recover factory settings. Recovery disk two is no longer useable what to do?

    Gateway windows vista premium
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    gateway windows file corrupted

    my gateway is not coming on to the proper home page. it says that my windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM...... IT ALSO SAY THAT.....: YOU CAN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THIS FILE BY STARTING WINDOW SETUP USING THE ORIGINAL SETUP...
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    my gateway is not coming on to the proper home page. it says that my windows could not start because the following file is mis

    my gateway is not coming on to the proper home page. it says that my windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM...... IT ALSO SAY THAT.....: YOU CAN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THIS FILE BY STARTING WINDOW SETUP USING THE ORIGINAL SETUP...
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    Laptop stuck on the logo screen

    Hey everyone Last night my fairly new laptop of a year randomly froze up mid way while watching a movie and stayed frozen for half an hour until I decided to just power off my laptop by holding down the power button. Since then, every time I turn my laptop on it stays stuck on the GateWay Logo...
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    How to upgrade CPU IN Gateway NV5932u with socket G1?

    I have GATEWAY NV 5932u with Intel 430m CPU socket G1and I want to upgrade to Intel 580m socket G1. Will it work and how to replace it?
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    windows 7 won't start

    I was using the disk cleaner on my gateway NV55C laptop and checked the box stating "windows startup files" (not paying attention) which was deleted. Now windows will not startup at start up.
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    How to use function keys on a non-functional keyboard?

    I have a Gateway NV55S07u. After a failed keyboard replacement, many of the keys no longer work, including all twelve F keys. The mouse trackpad works but it's locked by the function key that locks the trackpad. So my question is, how can I activate the function keys via software? Thanks.
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    Laptop not recognizing SSD (or allowing entry to BIOS when SSD plugged in)

    Hello I have a Gateway NV59C. Currently it has a mechanical HDD. I purchased the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB as my replacement drive. I cloned the drive using the Samsung Data Migration. It finished successfully. However when I swap the drives (replace HDD with SSD), the laptop shows the boot screen...