Windows 10: Windows gateway laptop

Hii hello!! Can anyone, someone PLEASE help me?! My microphone is like gone or missing, it’s still installed but it can’t hear me at all.. It says my microphone is the default microphone but it will not work on zoom or for my college lockdown browser when recording. I’ve tried EVERYTHING….. I can’t get in contact with a live person, im stressed and a lil emotional because I missed a test over this and I’ve only had this laptop since November someone PLEAAASSSSEEEEEEEE HELP ME PLEASE!!! what do I do????????????

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reloading windows in gateway laptop

A friend of mine had the same problem with his gateway laptop. Gateway didn't supply him with an original windows CD and instead forced him to burn a copy from a partition on his hard drive. It turned out that the CD he had burned was corrupt and that was what was causing the failed install. He got a new copy from bestbuy and that allowed him to install windows without any problems.

So is your CD an original windows CD or is it a recovery CD burned from a partition on your hard drive?

 

reloading windows in gateway laptop

Hi guys, first thx for your posts. It looks like that: this isn't my first time with win reinstalation but first time with laptop. A few days ago I had problem with desktop (gateway), Bios upgrade, and everything was about "bios tatooing by gateway". I thought I have the same problem with laptop, gateway did something. I was using win98 start disc, because I didn't know how to get into the DOS, but no results. The most stupid thing is, after I made new partitions, reformated'em, I went into the bios and IDE 0 - nothing, IDE - 1 cdrw/dvd drive. In that case I suspect my HDD. About trivial suggestion (I think it isn't trivial, it's a very common mistake), when I removed CD, there is message "OS not found", but I know, I don't have to do it, that problem was with 3.5" drive during win95, 98. Anyway, what do you think now, should I order new HDD?? the old is samsung made, my opinion about samsung HDD is ... (I shouldn't write it here, too much s... and f...)*Smile - I prefer WD or Maxtor, eventually Seagate...thx for every post

 

reloading windows in gateway laptop

is it an oem windows xp disc you have (ie: able to install windows from boot) ? if so just get into your bios set your cd to boot first and when it says press any button to load cd (or similar) press anything, the setup process will begin and xp should find your hdd no problem (will be c*Smile

then read the options and choose to format the drive (i normally choose quick format as the longer one is just the same but checks the whole disk for errors and takes quite a while depending on the size) once formatted proceed to install win xp and the next step it will say " setup is now copying files" when this is done the laptop will reboot,

upon the reboot go back into the bios and select your hdd to boot first (might be ide0 or hdd) but keep the xp disc in then when you exit bios you will see the windows xp loading screen and it should be plain sailing from there.

sorry if im talking to you like a n00b you might know most of this but if you follow these steps you shouldnt see any problems.