On 12-01-04 2:41 PM, August Abolins -> Alan Zisman wrote:
 AA> 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.

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

Haven't tried that - but since the notebook is in such rough shape
physically, I'm not sure I'll bother.

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