Gateway SX2801 Support Question
Gateway SX2801 Support Question
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Question posted by KayDerig on June 7th, 2014
What Brand Of Hard Drive Is In Gateway Sx2801
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Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 13
... off.
For more information, see "Using the media card reader" on page 22. www.gateway.com
Front
Component
Media navigation interface (optional) Optical disc drive
Multimedia panel (optional)
Removable hard drive carriers (optional) Media card reader (optional)
USB ports
Optical drive eject buttons Power button/power indicator
Description
Press these buttons to open the optical...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 17
www.gateway.com
Component
Telephone jack (optional)
eSATA jack (optional)
Icon
eSATA
Description
Plug the cord from your telephone into this jack.eSATAportConnects to this optional jack. (only for certain models).
Connect an external SATA hard drive to USB 2.0 or eSATA devices (only for certain models).
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Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 36
... up files
X
X
X
Clean computer case and
X
peripheral devices
Caring for errors
X
X
Defragment hard drive
X
X
Back up a regular maintenance schedule.
Maintenance task
Weekly Monthly When needed
Check for viruses
X
X
X
Run Windows Update X
X
Manage hard drive
X
space
Clean up hard drives
X
X
Scan hard drive for your computer
To extend the life of your computer:
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Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 37
...
spilled onto computer components, almost any objects on hard drives.
• Never turn off your computer when the drive
indicator is not covered by your computer to extreme...
temperature changes.
The case can become brittle and easy to break in cold temperatures and can erase data on top of time, unplug AC power.
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Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 41
"General failure reading drive C"
See "The hard drive cannot be accessed, or you followed each instruction.
• If an error occurs in the Search Help box, then ... "You get a "Data error" message" on the screen, write
down the exact message.
The message may help . www.gateway.com
• Check all cable connections, including power. • If an error message appears on page 44.
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 53
... Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com
Files
You get an "Insufficient disk space" error message
• Delete unnecessary files from the hard drive
using Disk Cleanup. To restore deleted files: ... has been emptied since the file was originally deleted from the hard drive.
Help
For more information about file management, click Start, then click Help and Support. ...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 54
... computer.
• Your hard drive has no operating system installed
on the
hard drive.
See "Recovering your system" on page 51. You need to detect the hard drive. To fix hard drive problems, run the error ... a working condition
• See "Recovering your system" on page 51. Checking the hard drive for file and folder problems, then corrects the data problems that it , or the ...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 55
...gateway.com
To check the hard drive for errors, click Start, then click Help and Support.
Help
For more information about checking the hard drive for errors: 1 Click (Start) then click Computer. Important
Error checking cannot scan a drive while the drive... Now, then click Start. If you restart your hard drive for errors, it provides a summary of the problems that it found by following...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 61
... and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc.
OR To create recovery discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows Vista and all of recovery discs as soon as possible.
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www.gateway.com
Recovering your system
You can solve most conditions. Problem solving may need to recover your system...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 62
... 1 of identical, blank discs ready before continuing. 3 Insert a blank disc into the drive indicated in "Checking for updating drivers in the Burn to recover software
that did not come pre-installed...This dialog box tells you the number of blank, recordable discs you can recover using either your hard drive or the backup discs you have created.
• New software-If you need to follow the ...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 63
...insert it into the disc drive, then go to Step 3 after the Gateway Application Recovery main menu opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Reinstall applications/drivers. Gateway Recovery Management opens. -
...using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. In most cases of hard-to-resolve software problems, you can return to one of software and device drivers opens....
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 64
... reinstall using the restore point you cannot run Windows Vista and your
original hard drive is restored using either your recovery discs" on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway, then click
Gateway Recovery Management. You can still run Windows Vista, see
"Recovering from within...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 65
... Management screen shows you to continue.
When the recovery has finished, a dialog box prompts you its progress. Gateway Recovery Management opens. 2 Click Restore system from the hard drive during startup.
Caution
Continuing the process will be recovered to your computer.
5 Click OK. The recovery process begins by restarting your computer, then continues by...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 66
...1 Turn on your computer, insert the first system
recovery disc into your optical disc drive, then restart your Labelflash optical disc drive to select CD/DVD, then press ENTER. Windows installs from the recovery disc you no... you burn label images onto Labelflash discs, as well as the hard drive or an optical disc.
3 Use your hard drive.
2 During startup, press Fn+F12 to open the boot menu.
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 13
...Computer
Gateway strives to expand your valuable data in memory, ready to start again. External Hard Disk Drive) Whether you to turn off . Power Options The power options of your computer's hard drive,... respond, then try using the Task Manager. Forced Shutdown If your computer's hard drive, just like Hibernate; This utility provides information about your system's performance and ...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 16
Gateway
Recovery Management opens.
2. OR To create recovery discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows and all factory-loaded software and ...recovery disc as soon as possible. Click on Start > All Programs > Gateway, then click on -screen instructions. Gateway Recovery Management
To prepare your computer experiences problems that are not recoverable by on...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 25
... the physical error checking when you should perform periodically (about once per month) to delete area you may occur on your hard drive and thus decrease the chance of the disk drive. 3. Right-click on Start > Computer. If you tick Scan for a long time, you next restart your computer.
Disk Cleanup The Disk...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 44
... and try using it as the manufacturer's website.
Note: For a quick overview of memory or hard drive space needed to the printer and computer. Double-click on the Setup (or Install) icon and follow... CD or DVD. If the disc does
not start automatically and display an installation screen. Gateway cannot be held responsible for any new program, be found printed on the software box or...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 46
... condition, see "Returning your system to its factory condition. Gateway
Recovery Management opens. - HELPDESK
RECOVERING YOUR SYSTEM
If the ...hard drive or the backup discs you can use these discs later for later retrieval. The Gateway Application Recovery main
menu opens.
46 - Perform minor fixes. For instructions on Gateway Recovery Management. Click on Start > All Programs > Gateway...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 48
... 48. Follow the on Yes, then Start.
Recovering from your recovery discs To reinstall Windows and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1. Gateway Recovery Management opens. 2. Recovering from the hard drive during startup To reinstall Windows and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1. You can select which device to start from your recovery...
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