I really messed up this time

steffr1003

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Nov 26, 2013
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I got a gateway notebook and when I was setting I guess I wrote down the wrong information I was using because now I can't get into the thing. It does not have a disk drive so I can't use my other PC's back up and restore disk. I used a USB flash drive and made one but, even though I selected removable drive it keeps telling me that it is not the restore disk.

I then went into safe mode command prompt but all that does is run through the scroll screen and then right back to the password screen. I was trying to go around my account and use a guest admin account to change the password to my account. I have been at this off and on for 10 hours almost and I am at my wits end. Does anyone know how I can either get into my account, make another account to change the password on my account or factory restart it without logging into it? Please help
 

steffr1003

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Nov 26, 2013
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It is a notebook so there is no disk drive and even though it gives me the option to use a UBS with the backup on it(got off of my other computer) it continues to tell me that, that is not a disk. I have tried 3 flash drives. I will try anything at this point. I have been looking on the internet to see if there is a way to factory restore it from where I am at, but I have had no luck finding anything. I was working on it for about 10 hours yesterday. Like I said I will try anything at this point, short of throwing it aginist the wall.