Gateway ML6232??

Started by ~RNC~ July 15th, 2012 10:22 PM
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Ok, I hope this is the right spot for this, but i have a gateway ML6232, it will power on but if I let it go through that boot method, it will go to a black screen with a flashing _ at the top of the screen, I can get it to the boot menu with the f10 button, but have no idea on how to get it to restore to factory settings, it's not that old, so if any one has ant ideas, I would greatly appreciate it as I do not have the money to take it to the shop!!
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Couple of questions to ponder: Do you have a CD in the computer itself? Typically it could be stuck loading a CD it might think that has bootable media, but doesn't. Also, have you performed a CHKDISK on bootup (if you can)? The factor that it isn't booting up could be an indication that its hard drive is failing. :\

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When did you get it, what OS was it running before this, have you dropped or bumped it recently, and was it behaving oddly before this issue? Also, does the computer recognise at all that it's got a hard drive present at all? If your OS was behaving normally before this then it sounds like a possible hard drive failure, as mentioned above.

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This has happened to me a few times before. The problem was either my computer was trying to boot into something else, like a CD or a USB stick, and it couldn't. But usually it would boot into the next available disk. This was fixed by unplugging everything from my computer and trying again.
Another reason was that I'd just removed an OS from my computer, in my case xubuntu, and it removed the boot loader with it. To fix this I had to put in the install disk and go into repair to re-install the MBR boot manager. But that was with Windows 7 so I don't know how to do it with anything else.

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In the boot menu it has windows 7 / Vista, not sure what that means, and there is nothing plugged into it in any of the USB ports, the only thing inserted is the power supply, also in the boot menu it has restore, but it's unclickable. It seems to be a simple fix, but I don't know much when it comes to electronics!!

Sorry, I just got it, used, and I have no idea about it's past, and sorry for this stupid one, but what is the OS??

Couple of questions to ponder: Do you have a CD in the computer itself? Typically it could be stuck loading a CD it might think that has bootable media, but doesn't. Also, have you performed a CHKDISK on bootup (if you can)? The factor that it isn't booting up could be an indication that its hard drive is failing.
Sorry, How do you do a CHKDISK??

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The HDD being full and being replaced are not really two terms to be associated with together, IMO. Also, how large is the hard drive? If you need files on it, back up the most important stuff to an external hard drive (preferably of larger size than the original) so that you can ensure that your files are kept. Also, if you delete a whole bunch of files, it could (and likely would) free up space on your hard drive.

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It's 80Gb's since this is not mine, I do not know what is even on the HD.
EDIT: I was told to replace it because it was full, but figured if I could delete files off of it that would be fine?
Yes you can, that would be perfectly fine, I would recommend re-installing Windows so you don't have anything the old owner might have left on there.
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If you could, since it only works in boot mode, explain how I could do that?? I am looking at it right now and compared to my laptop, it looks nothing like my boot menu at all!!
EDIT: What would happen if I restored it to factory settings?? Would that erase the windows out of it??
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Resetting to factory settings will get rid of your current Windows install and then reinstall Windows (whether a clean install with a Windows disk or an OEM install with recovery disks) back to it's original state.

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Returning it to Factory settings does just that; it would (providing the partition on the HDD that stores the back up data is still there) set the computer back to just like it was when it was first bought. All user data will be deleted.

Go into the BIOS and look for boot options, make sure the option you are trying to boot is is not disabled. You may have to rearrange the boot priories to get the desired results.
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You don't restore to default settings in the BIOS at all. What quilzel meant was to change the priority of devices you want to boo (i.e. do you want to load your hard drive first before your optical drive with bootable media? in most BIOS systems, the default boot order is something like Optical (CD/DVD) > HDD > USB > Network, or something along those lines.

Also, if you plan to restore, do you have recovery disks for your machine and have you backed up important data before recovering? It is always important to back up before you restore, even in the event that the restoration process asks you to back up, because that might not be a possibility.
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Honestly, there's a much simpler solution to all this. First, find your product key (usually on the side of the computer for a desktop, and on the bottom for a laptop). Then, download the .iso file (it's around 3gb) for your edition here (don't worry about 32 vs 64 bit, when it comes to that the keys are interchangeable), burn it to a DVD or USB with the tool in that article, then boot from it. You'll basically be using your product key to reinstall Windows 7 (this will also wipe the hard drive, so back up anything you want to keep) without any of the trialware that comes preinstalled, thus putting your PC back to how it was when you got it.

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You don't restore to default settings in the BIOS at all. What quilzel meant was to change the priority of devices you want to boo (i.e. do you want to load your hard drive first before your optical drive with bootable media? in most BIOS systems, the default boot order is something like Optical (CD/DVD) > HDD > USB > Network, or something along those lines.

Also, if you plan to restore, do you have recovery disks for your machine and have you backed up important data before recovering? It is always important to back up before you restore, even in the event that the restoration process asks you to back up, because that might not be a possibility.
I tried to do that, and when I clicked to start it in the HD, it still went to the black screen with the flashing _ that is why I was told to get another HD.
Honestly, there's a much simpler solution to all this. First, find your product key (usually on the side of the computer for a desktop, and on the bottom for a laptop). Then, download the .iso file (it's around 3gb) for your edition here (don't worry about 32 vs 64 bit, when it comes to that the keys are interchangeable), burn it to a DVD or USB with the tool in that article, then boot from it. You'll basically be using your product key to reinstall Windows 7 (this will also wipe the hard drive, so back up anything you want to keep) without any of the trialware that comes preinstalled, thus putting your PC back to how it was when you got it.
I don't know what is on this at all, I got it this way, I did not pay any thing for it, just trying to figure out what is wrong with it so that I may consider buying it, even the person I got it from doesn't know, he got it from his sister!!
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I don't know what is on this at all, I got it this way, I did not pay any thing for it, just trying to figure out what is wrong with it so that I may consider buying it, even the person I got it from doesn't know, he got it from his sister!!
If there's nothing on the computer you want to keep, don't back it up. :P
Point is, I would be very surprised if anything was physically (hardware) wrong with the computer, so reinstalling the OS should fix it.