how to use a gateway system restore disc?

[iGaryMonnecka]

Is there any way I can do this? i have it from an old computer, and I have a key. but, when i put it in, i need to press "R". However, the r button doesn't work. Help! how can i do this?

[Tallest Skil]

What, to fix Windows, to install Windows?

Neither will work, and it's not R on a Mac.

[iGaryMonnecka]

is there any way i can get it to go on? when i bring it up it says no operating system installled or corrupt partition. then it says to press R to enter full recovery, which is what i need.

[MacDawg]

Let me understand...

You are trying to use the system restore disks that came with an old Gateway computer (which had Windows pre-installed) to install Windows on a Boot Camp partition.

Is that correct?

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[iGaryMonnecka]

yes. supposedly it's XP media center edition with update rollup 2. that's what it says. I figure I own this copy, and it would take me three weeks to get vista. I'm just trying to be resourceful. by what i can tell it's legal.

[MacDawg]

I am no expert in these matters... but I don't think it will install except on your Gateway system.

Perhaps someone else will be able to give you a more definitive answer on that.

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[ayeying]

yes. supposedly it's XP media center edition with update rollup 2. that's what it says. I figure I own this copy, and it would take me three weeks to get vista. I'm just trying to be resourceful. by what i can tell it's legal.

Actually, no, its not legal. You have a Gateway OEM disk, specific to be installed only on Gateway branded systems.

Secondly, If it says recovery, it means its recovering XP Media Center w/ all the drivers/applications for the Gateway System. That will cause many problems since it would not be a clean install.

[iGaryMonnecka]

how the hell am i suppposed to do this then. I got an XP file, i made it bootable using a program called GEar, put on the Microsoft Corporation.img, and it STILL won't boot. I'm losing it.

[steveza]

The only legal ways to install Windows on a Mac are from a Microsoft banded CD/DVD or from an ISO file downloaded from a Microsoft website - TechNet, MSDN, Connect, Public Beta etc.

[iGaryMonnecka]

The only legal ways to install Windows on a Mac are from a Microsoft banded CD/DVD or from an ISO file downloaded from a Microsoft website - TechNet, MSDN, Connect, Public Beta etc.

ok. so i got a file like that. (.ISO) but i put it in NERO and followed a guide to slipstreaming to a bootable disk to try to make it bootable. It won't work. Mac recognizes it as windows, boots from boot camp assistant with it, then only goes to a black screen with blinking cursor

[Nermal]

If you have an authentic Microsoft ISO then you just need to write it to CD/DVD without modification. However, my suspicion is that your ISO is not authentic...

[iGaryMonnecka]

and (hypothetically speaking) if it wasn't then i would have to...