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So recently, out of spite, I turned off my laptop as it was about to reboot due to a system update. (was in the middle of something)
Seeing as safe mode and repair/restore to previous states wouldn't work, I attempted to restore it to factory settings (I think that's what it was called) with the backup files option.
Took quite a while but all seemed well until it rebooted; went onto the windows loading, then onto Setup. From there I received the message "Windows could not complete the installation [...]"
And now when I go to F8 at startup, i dont have any recovery/restore options. Every other startup option (Such as safe mode/safe mode with command prompt etc) will lead to the same result.
If it matters, windows 7 came with the gateway laptop and did not come with any CDs whatsoever.
So... what can I do to salvage this? I don't even have access to command prompt anymore.
Seeing as safe mode and repair/restore to previous states wouldn't work, I attempted to restore it to factory settings (I think that's what it was called) with the backup files option.
Took quite a while but all seemed well until it rebooted; went onto the windows loading, then onto Setup. From there I received the message "Windows could not complete the installation [...]"
And now when I go to F8 at startup, i dont have any recovery/restore options. Every other startup option (Such as safe mode/safe mode with command prompt etc) will lead to the same result.
If it matters, windows 7 came with the gateway laptop and did not come with any CDs whatsoever.
So... what can I do to salvage this? I don't even have access to command prompt anymore.