Joseph,
Whenever posting questions on these forums, please give us as much information about the computer as possible. The operating system you're trying to install and is this an upgrade or a reinstall??, processor speed, model number, types of drives available, etc. and any error messages, are all important items to know. Many computers have "Recovery CD's". Does this computer have such and are you going to use them or are you going to reinstall from a Windows CD of some sort. The more information you give us, the better informed our answer will be.
Hope this helps and let us know what you've got.
Grif
I have sent a message to the gateway folks to ask how to restore the os on their mini atx computer with usb keyboard and mouse. It has no conventional hookups for a regular keyboard or mouse so i am curious how you get into the bios or restore the os without the keyboard or mouse support. Any help would be appreciated thanks in advance. Sincerly Joseph Boscoe

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