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Old 03-29-2008   #1
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hi-I have a 2 year old gateway laptop I need to do a recovery on but computer restarts everytime I put os disc in cd. tired of slow downs crashes and want to start fresh. please help. thx. jo
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Hello and welcome to PC Help Forum.

Did you go into BIOS and set first boot device to CD/DVD rom put in disk and save and exit?
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hi jb---yes,I tried to change boot sequence to cd but could not move cd position to #1. it just beeped at me irregardless of what key i tried. i also hilighted it and pushed enter but still did not boot from cd. thx for helping. jo
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Jo have you tried the boot tab for setting first boot device to CD/DVD rom?As there are two ways of chnging this in some BIOS settings like under advance tab?

Put in Disk very quickly on turning PC on?

What operating system are you trying to install?
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i'm not sure how to respond directly to you jellybean but i am trying to reinstall xp home that came w/ the computer. jo
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Jo we have a chatroom.

There maybe a problem with the disk?

Or the CD drive needs a disk cleaner?
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