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I have a gateway mx6421 with windows xp I keep getting the blue death screen which does not stay up long enough for me to get an error code. I have tried to uninstall drivers remove programs and system restore and none have worked. I have tried reinstalling windows xp and it states I am running a newer version (which isn't true). I have done virus scans, disc scans and the blue screen as usual shuts the computer down. I would do a system recovery however I do not have the disc (gateway did not give them) I have tried preforming it from the D drive however once I put in the operating disc which came with the computer it makes it to 18% and the damn blue screen shuts it down. If anyone can help me I'd appreciate it. I just want my computer back and my computer to stop shutting down.

Can anyone help this daft cunt poor soul?

Buy a Mac.

Aside from the fact that your computer is a piece of crap that can be replaced with something far more powerful for a couple of hundred dollars, you are not being allowed to reinstall XP on the fly because you are, in fact, running a newer version than the disks you are trying to reinstall from. The XP on your computer would LONG since have been upgraded to SP3, whereas the disk you got with that glorified doorstop MIGHT be as current as SP1. Format the disk and reinstall clean, then run Windows Update for the next 6 weeks to get the system up to date.

So where can I buy a gateway mx6421?