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Restore to Full Factory recovery my Gateway [Solved/Closed]

Jcv805 - Feb 21, 2009 at 05:27 PM - Latest reply: Nikki

- Jan 26, 2013 at 01:07 PM

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Hi, I was wondering if any one could help me I want to restore the factory settings on my desktop Gateway Model# GM5688E. Reinstall Vista and now I can't get it to work properly, some system programs are not working. Can't get to recovery manager screen, I follow the booklet to restart and push F8 key , but can't get to the to system Recovery options screen. .Need HELP!!
Thank U!!

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Nikole - Apr 6, 2010 at 03:11 PM

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you have to press ALT & F11 and the same time, and actually hold them in, not just press them.

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Nikki - Jan 26, 2013 at 01:07 PM

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

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chris12923 1 Posts Monday March 9, 2009Registration date March 9, 2009 Last seen - Mar 9, 2009 at 09:41 PM

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As the computer is booting up just keep hitting the F11 key and it should take you to the restore area and follow directions. This will probably erase your drive so BACKUP anything you want to keep before doing the restore..

Thanks,

Chris

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SheLovesGod - Nov 5, 2009 at 11:40 PM

Hi, I did the F11 and it did not work it just continued to start up like I wasnt pressing F11 what else can I do

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Carrbon - Apr 25, 2011 at 11:04 PM

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I did the F8 thing and it asked me for and admin account password. I am the only one that uses that computer but apparently I dont have admin access. So I dont have the option to do a factory restore.

Any way to fix this? because I cant seem to boot windows at all

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Kerry - Apr 30, 2011 at 05:26 PM

Perhaps this Gateway link will help you:

http://support.gateway.com/s/software/microsof/vista/7515418/7515418su531.shtml

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Big E - Oct 1, 2010 at 10:52 PM

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all you need do is perform a "cold boot" and immediately begin tapping the F8 key until the computer responds. Once you get to the next screen simply select the repair option. from that point it is intuitive to getter done

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hi I pressed f11 and I did click on full factory setting, but after 1 min during restore it gives me an error and I cant system recover it. plz help

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