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EXTREME - COMPUTER WILL NOT START

Started by chfl2000 , Jun 11 2006 07:17 PM

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chfl2000

Posted 11 June 2006 - 07:17 PM

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I have a 4 yr old Gateway running XP. When turned on/off all I get is the gateway logo. Emergency startup disk, reinstall driver disk, F8-F-11, none work???????? The power went out last night and now I can't get anything to work. Any HELP out there?????????

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Retired Tech

Posted 12 June 2006 - 12:49 AM

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If the tower has an off switch, use that, leave it off for a couple of minutes, turn the switch on, start the PC

If no off switch, unplug from the mains for a couple of minutes