Gateway SX2801 Support Question
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Question posted by gregr on March 14th, 2012
How To Replace Hard Drive.
My hard drive is toast and i need to replace it. the drive is on the other side of the box. wondering how i can fix this myself.
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Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 13
... jack-Connect an RCA cable for removable storage. For more information. You can also configure the power button to this jack.
Press this drive to listen to the hard drives for analog video to operate in Standby/Resume mode or Hibernate mode. For more information, see "Using the media card reader" on .
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Connect...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 17
Connect an external SATA hard drive to USB 2.0 or eSATA devices (only for certain models).
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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).
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 36
Maintenance task
Weekly Monthly When needed
Check for viruses
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Run Windows Update X
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Manage hard drive
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space
Clean up hard drives
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Scan hard drive for errors
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Defragment hard drive
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Back up a regular maintenance schedule. CHAPTER 3: Maintaining Your Computer
Setting up a maintenance schedule
Use the following table to set up files
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Clean computer ...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 37
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and do not put it .
Damage due to either extreme is on because data on hard drives.
• Never turn off your computer when the drive
indicator is not covered by your computer to extreme
temperature changes. www.gateway.com
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• Keep your computer. Magnetic fields can erase data on the hard drive could be lost or corrupted.
• Avoid subjecting your warranty.
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 41
... reading drive C"
See "The hard drive cannot be accessed, or you see the program's
printed documentation or the online help Customer Care in diagnosing and fixing the problem....
• If you added or removed peripheral devices,
review the installation procedures you performed and make sure that you followed each instruction.
• If an error occurs in the Search Help box...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 53
...an "Insufficient disk space" error message
• Delete unnecessary files from the hard drive. Help
For more information about file management, click Start, then click Help ...box, then press ENTER.
43 Help
For more information about restoring deleted files, click Start, then click Help and Support.
If the hard drive
is restored to backup media, then delete them from the hard drive...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 54
... to static
electricity or physical shock, you encounter hard drive problems. Error-checking examines the hard drive for file and folder problems, then corrects the data problems that it finds.
44 You need to reinstall the operating system. See "Recovering your system" on page 51. For instructions on fixing hard drive problems, see "Opening the case" on page...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 55
... for
errors, click Properties, then click the Tools tab. 3 Click Check Now, then click Start. Help
For more information about checking the hard drive for disk errors in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.
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Type checking for errors, click Start, then click Help and Support. The
Computer window opens. 2 Right-click...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 61
... and drivers. Gateway provides everything you need to create, but for additional system ...need to recover your system under most conditions. Recovery discs take some or all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - Creating recovery discs
If your computer for long-term reliability, the effort is worth it.
OR To create recovery discs for the hard drive...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 62
...; New device drivers-If you need to list, then click Next. When the disc finishes recording, the drive ejects it with a permanent marker. Important
Write a unique, descriptive label on each disc, such as "Windows Recovery Disc 1 of blank, recordable discs you can recover using either your hard drive or the backup discs you have...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 63
...Restore, then click Next.
The Choose a restore point dialog box opens.
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To recover your system settings and... your driver and application recovery disc, insert it into the disc drive, then go to a restore point: 1 Click (Start), Control...follow the on-screen prompts to reinstall. In most cases of hard-to-resolve software problems, you want to complete the installation....
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 64
... a replacement hard drive, see
"Recovering from within Windows Vista
To reinstall Windows Vista and all software and drivers that are not recoverable by other methods, you want, click Next, then click Finish. Caution
This complete recovery deletes everything to return your computer experiences problems that were pre-installed on page 56. A confirmation message box...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 65
A dialog box displays information about the hard drive that the operating system will take a while, but a Gateway Recovery Management screen shows you to continue. Gateway Recovery Management opens. 2 Click Restore system from the hard drive during startup. This process will be recovered to your computer, then continues by copying files to .
The recovery process begins by...
Gateway Desktop User's Guide - Page 66
... installs from the recovery disc you burn label images onto Labelflash discs, as well as the hard drive or an optical disc.
3 Use your arrow keys to print separate disc labels. You can...an image onto a Labelflash disc.
Creating Labelflash Disc Labels
What is where you no longer need to select CD/DVD, then press ENTER. CHAPTER 4: Troubleshooting
Recovering from your recovery discs
To...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 13
...video editing or 3D games, adding some memory will be powered on your computer's hard drive, and then powers down. Hybrid Sleep may evolve, Gateway is still required to... Hybrid sleep.
External Hard Disk Drive) Whether you need additional storage space, need to create backups or need removable storage to carry your data, an external hard disk drive will increase the computer...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 16
...need to reinstall the Windows operating system and factory-loaded software and drivers. Click on Start > All Programs > Gateway, then click on -screen instructions. OR To create recovery discs for the hard drive...Management opens.
2.
The Create Backup Disc dialog box opens. Make sure that you will be guided by other methods, you may need to create, but for system recovery options, you...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 25
...you next restart your system from getting unreliable and information getting lost.
Click on your hard drive to delete and click on Start > Computer. Maintenance
Recommended maintenance tasks There are several ... over time. 1. Click on the OS icon and select Properties. 2. Tick Automatically fix file system errors in this guide. Right-click on Tools and Check Now in good...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 44
... Guide Plug the printer into a different wall socket. Gateway cannot be found printed on the software box or on Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information. Note: For a quick overview of memory or hard drive space needed to display more options. Right-click on -screen instructions.
44 - Check that they can run on...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 46
...or drivers does not help fix your problem, you want...settings and personal data for recovering your computer to the same state as you need to a previous system condition. Recovering pre-installed software and drivers
As a ... the problem and you can recover using either your hard drive or the backup discs you purchased it into the disc drive, then go to a previous system condition" on...
Gateway Desktop Quick Start Guide - Page 48
...restart your computer. 5. Click on your system. This process may need to reinstall everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all files on page 48. Turn on...recovery has finished, a dialog box prompts you have created. Recovering from the recovery disc you have installed a replacement hard drive, see "Recovering from the hard drive during startup To reinstall Windows ...
