This laptop came with home basic - but the install is in such a state. I want to reinstall it. Unfortunatley I don't have a home basic install DVD and the recovery partition has been deleted.
I was trying to install xp - but it blue screens - there is no option in the bios for AHCI - which usually does the trick. Interestingly the bois lists the HDD as IDE but per the gateway web site this model has a PATA hard drive ? (confused)
So does anybody have any idea how I can install xp pro on this Laptop.
Or does anyone know where I can get a copy of home basic - as I have a valid license key ?
I was trying to install xp - but it blue screens - there is no option in the bios for AHCI - which usually does the trick. Interestingly the bois lists the HDD as IDE but per the gateway web site this model has a PATA hard drive ? (confused)
So does anybody have any idea how I can install xp pro on this Laptop.
Or does anyone know where I can get a copy of home basic - as I have a valid license key ?