Anonymous Posted on May 28, 2014

My gateway logo comes on but then it says its preparing automatic repair and nothing else will happen what can i do now

Nothing will happen but it will say preparing automatic repair left it on for over 2 days and it still said same thing not what

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Ted Priestash

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Posted on May 28, 2014

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My first thought would be Hard Drive corruption. Either due to a physical failure or a problem with your operating system. Download Seatools for Dos, burn it to a CD, restart your Gateway from the CD, run the Seatools program and check your Hard Drive for errors.
http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-dos-master/

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Gino Felina

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Posted on May 30, 2008

SOURCE: windows does not load after gateway logo

This sounds like you have no operating system on your laptop. I bet someway, just as I did before, you have lost your operating system, and it needs to be reinstalled on your computer.

Anonymous

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Posted on Jun 24, 2009

SOURCE: My Gateway MX8711 Notebook PC won't boot up. It

it might have to do with your hard drive... try taking it out and putting it back in.

Anonymous

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Posted on Jul 14, 2010

SOURCE: Gateway laptop mx6437 turns on but won't boot

Hi,

It migt be resolved by a power drain. Disconnect the AC adapter, takeout the battery, and press the power button for 30 secs. Put everything back again and try to turn it on.

If your Noterbook is still not turning on, then you might need a phillips screwdriver, or if its in warranty you might want to take it to Gateway technicians, as opening the notebook by urself might void the warranty.

** Before trying the steps below, disconnect the AC adapter and take out the battery.

Turn your notebook upside down, and look for bays, look for screws which has a rectangular comb like structure next to it, unscrew it and you will find RAM chips in there take it out and put it back in. Do this for all the chips you have in the notebook.

Put everything back again and your Notebook might be up and running, else there might be some hardware issues and you need to go to gateway or some local tech.

Regards,
Shrey

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