Alan Zisman -> All said the following on 1/3/2012 11:57 PM:
 AZ> Not long ago, it stopped booting up - it would display the
 AZ> BIOS/setup screen, the initial Vista logo screen, then display
 AZ> the Windows boot menu (noting that the previous boot had
 AZ> failed), and then - no matter which choice on the boot menu
 AZ> was chosen, within a couple of seconds the system would
 AZ> re-start. (Infinite Loop!)

 AZ> So I tried booting to a Vista install disc, figuring something
 AZ> in the installation was corrupt - it wouldn't boot to the
 AZ> install disc either.

Have you tried forcing it into "factory re-install / hard
recovery" mode?  A Vista install should reside on that hdd and that
particular Gateway may have a specific key sequence to active it.

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