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    Gateway Recovery Disc Failing

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by 780Cinco, May 30, 2009.

  1. 780Cinco

    780Cinco Notebook Evangelist

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    So I am trying to make my backup CD's from the Gateway Rcovery Management

    1. (1.08Gb) Driver and Application
    2. (7.96Gb) Factory default disc

    I have Memorex 4.7Gb discs. (So I will need to use 2 for the Factory default disc since its 7.96Gb)

    Anyway, I place the disc in my optical drive and run the burn...it acts like it is waiting to burn for like 2 minutes then spits the disc out and states :

    Error 205 Burning Failed: Please insert a blank CD/DVD into the optical drive and press OK to contiinue

    What gives? These are brand new discs. :eek: Thanks!
     
    780Cinco, May 30, 2009
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  2. JustinNotJason

    JustinNotJason Notebook Consultant

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    Try a different CD?

    I didn't get that error code but it did tell me to insert a blank disc. Used different CDs and finally it burned fine.

    Consequently when I went to use that recovery disc it didn't work and i ended up doing a clean install with the Vista disc they give you.
     
    JustinNotJason, May 30, 2009
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