Re: computer with no software

To Oscar85,
Booboo's cryptic answer is one solution, but not a complete answer.

You will need an Operating System. Windows XP may be your easiest solution since you have some
experience with it.
A Linux system my be less expensive but will require a major learning curve since most likely the
games you want to let your kids play are most likely Windows Based.

But in addition to the Windows XP disk you plan to buy, you will also need the hardware drivers
(software) for the Gateway.
You should be able to go to the support site for your computer make and model from www.gateway.com
and download drivers for the motherboard, the video card, the sound card, the modem and the network
interface card. Save (not run) these to the hard drive on the computer you use to down load the
files and then copy them to a CD. Then after you do a "Clean Install" of Windows XP on your
Gateway computer you can check the device manager for items that need the drivers you downloaded and
install them using your CD. (Windows XP installation my have already found a driver for some of the
hardware.)

""booboo £ ¥ ? :)"" <boobooililililil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Oscar85 wrote:
A local business was getting rid of some old computers 2003 gateways. We got one for the kids to
play games on. After getting it I found they had wiped all the software off the harddrive. What
do I need to get it running again? I push the on button it runs a little and a message comes up
saying boot failure. I know I nead to buy windows xp. Will this solve the boot issue or is
there something else I would need?

Get a free copy of Linux for it.

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Booboo ? ? :) ?


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