Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your Gateway Profile Contents


Checking out your documentation
Identifying your model
Contacting Gateway

Troubleshooting and FAQs

Troubleshooting your computer
· Fixing DVD problems
Frequently asked questions
Managing system resources
· About IRQs
· Checking resources
· Freeing resources

Maintaining the System Hardware

Preventing static electricity
Installing memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive utilities
· Disk Defragmenter
· ScanDisk
Partitioning and formatting the hard drive
· Deleting existing partitions
· Creating a primary partition
· Creating an extended partition
· Formatting the partitions

Reinstalling the Operating System

Reinstalling Windows98
Reinstalling WindowsNT

Reinstalling Device Drivers and Software

About device drivers
· Installing CD/DVD drivers
Reinstalling drivers for Windows98
· Enabling bus mastering
Reinstalling drivers for WindowsNT
· Reinstalling the Netcard driver
· Installing the WindowsNT Service Pack
· Reinstalling Card Executive
Reinstalling system software

Using the BIOS Setup Program

About the BIOS Setup utility
Using the BIOS Setup utility
· Navigating the BIOS menus
· About the BIOS Setup menus

Regulatory compliance statements