Do you want to replace memory, hard drive or keyboard on a gateway laptop but don’t know how? These instructions are available from the Gateway website, you just have to know where to find them. I’ll give you a few hints.
1. Browse to Gateway Support Documents and find your laptop series in the list.
2. Select the laptop model number. You can find the model number on the bottom of your laptop.
I’m having problems with my laptop. It froze on me one day so I was stupid and pulled the battery out of the back. When I restarted it I got a blue screen error saying unmountable boot volume. I did a chkdsk on my drive and a fixmbr and it fixed it for 3 weeks. Then I started getting a black screen when I booted saying, S.M.A.R.T. hard drive failure predicted back up your data as soon as possible, press F1 to continue. I pressed F1 and it was fine but a little slow for a month. Now when I press F1 it trying to boot and then shuts down and restarts. I did another chkdsk and it started again like normal and then next time I restarted it it went back to S.M.A.R.T. screen and turns off.
Do you think my hard drive is done? If so if I buy a new hard drive do I have to load Windows on it again or does Windows come on it?Is there anyway to get data off my hard drive I have now? All I really need is my music and some videos and my Internet Explorer favorites list.
It’s a Gateway mx6441 laptop it not even a year old. I have no warranty.
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