problem with "installing devices"

rawrzor · 01-29-2008, 05:57 PM

first of all, i didnt know where the hell to put this...so move this topic of it doesnt belong here

i have a gateway 7322 notebook with windows xp home edition. like 4 days ago, i did "full system recovery" why? i dont know im an idiot (xP) well, when it rebooted, it came to "installing devices" and it got stuck at like 40% and i couldnt move my cursor...i waited there for like an hour, it still didnt move. i restarted, and my laptop froze. i did the recovery again, same thing happens, and after like 5 tries i stopped and did full system recovery with the recovery discs. the SAME thing happens! i cant get out of the installing devices thing! it automatically goes to that window! when i looked on google for answers, there were TONS of other people that had the same laptop as i that had the same problem. most of the stuff on google though didnt pretty much helped. maybe i shouldnt have gotten a gateway...help please?

**tecknomage** · 01-30-2008, 11:15 AM

A "full system recovery" from where? How?

Are you talking about a special Gateway feature?

You just found out what happens if a so-called "full system recovery" fails

rawrzor · 01-31-2008, 02:30 PM

i did the f11 button and did hard drive thing recover at first

rawrzor · 01-31-2008, 07:13 PM

i did the f11 button when i started up my computer (u can also hit r button)

Skolvikes · 02-09-2008, 08:32 PM

I'm having exactly the same problem on the same machine. I tried entering recovery mode both from the recovery partition and with the recovery CD's with the same result. I reformatted the hard drive with the same result. I'm really at a loss here

01-29-2008, 05:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
rawrzor Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp home	problem with "installing devices" first of all, i didnt know where the hell to put this...so move this topic of it doesnt belong here i have a gateway 7322 notebook with windows xp home edition. like 4 days ago, i did "full system recovery" why? i dont know im an idiot (xP) well, when it rebooted, it came to "installing devices" and it got stuck at like 40% and i couldnt move my cursor...i waited there for like an hour, it still didnt move. i restarted, and my laptop froze. i did the recovery again, same thing happens, and after like 5 tries i stopped and did full system recovery with the recovery discs. the SAME thing happens! i cant get out of the installing devices thing! it automatically goes to that window! when i looked on google for answers, there were TONS of other people that had the same laptop as i that had the same problem. most of the stuff on google though didnt pretty much helped. maybe i shouldnt have gotten a gateway...help please?

01-30-2008, 11:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
tecknomage TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 928 OS: WinXP Pro SP3	Re: problem with "installing devices" A "full system recovery" from where? How? Are you talking about a special Gateway feature? You just found out what happens if a so-called "full system recovery" fails __________________ Tecknomage Computer System Specialist IT Technician

01-31-2008, 02:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
rawrzor Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp home	Re: problem with "installing devices" i did the f11 button and did hard drive thing recover at first

01-31-2008, 07:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
rawrzor Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp home	Re: problem with "installing devices" i did the f11 button when i started up my computer (u can also hit r button)

02-09-2008, 08:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Skolvikes Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Re: problem with "installing devices" I'm having exactly the same problem on the same machine. I tried entering recovery mode both from the recovery partition and with the recovery CD's with the same result. I reformatted the hard drive with the same result. I'm really at a loss here