I currently own a Gateway NX850XL which I had XP loaded, but due to spyware and wife not updating I decided to wipe. Well I have XP SP2, and drive formats but when installing the primary files from the blue install screen, it indicates files cannot be read around 62 percent. First thought was the cd or the cd drive, so removed both and tested by installing with another system, both cd works fine and hard drive will install OS, except when placed back into laptop, then gets errors when OS loads into XP. My second thought was the cd drive, but that was also tested on another newer Gateway laptop with no cd drive and it works fine. I am literally at a loss, I’ve even tried to install 2000 on this system but it does the same thing while installing the primary files with the blue screen and also with Vista. Is there something I’m missing regarding possibly a system lockout in case the laptop is stolen? I’ve tried splitting the hardrive down and the same situation. I’ven attempted to clone the other hardrive from the newer Gateway, but when I put it back into the older Gateway it still comes up in XP with system errors and I even swapped drives still the same thing. The bios has been set properly and no passwords have been placed. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
