Gateway BIOS
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:01 pm
Heyas all,
Basically, my brother's computer is a 5-year old gateway. He was running Windows ME on it, and recently it's been giving him trouble, such as lag, program crashes, etc. Anywho, he brought it over to have me reinstall, but we decided that XP would be a better choise of an OS.
I can't for the life of me get his BIOS to boot up using the XP CD. It's not giving an error or anything; I just can't figure out how to GET it to. I tried installing XP onto HIS hard drive by putting it into MY computer so it'd use MY BIOS, but, alas, when I put it back into his PC it would crash upon startup.
I must be either be extremely dense. If anyone has a CLUE how to get a Gateway BIOS to boot using a CD, please for the love of god help me out.
Thanks!
Basically, my brother's computer is a 5-year old gateway. He was running Windows ME on it, and recently it's been giving him trouble, such as lag, program crashes, etc. Anywho, he brought it over to have me reinstall, but we decided that XP would be a better choise of an OS.
I can't for the life of me get his BIOS to boot up using the XP CD. It's not giving an error or anything; I just can't figure out how to GET it to. I tried installing XP onto HIS hard drive by putting it into MY computer so it'd use MY BIOS, but, alas, when I put it back into his PC it would crash upon startup.
I must be either be extremely dense. If anyone has a CLUE how to get a Gateway BIOS to boot using a CD, please for the love of god help me out.
Thanks!