I recently got a Gateway Computer with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. After a day of using the computer I started getting a "No Operating System" error. This error is no longer occuring, but now when I bootup, it will sit and say "Creating your Desktop" for a long time, then come up with the following two errors:
"The procedure entry point SdbShowApphelpfromQuery could not be located in the dynamic link library apphelp.dll" & "Error loading C:\Windows\system32\mscories.dll"
It will log into my profile, but gives me a message saying that there was a problem loading my profile, and that nothing I do will be saved.
I'm at a loss, I have tried searching for an answer to these, but I can't find anything.
Please help!!

Mythos wrote:

Contact Gateway for replacement. After one day, you should never get a "No Operating System" error. I don't care if it isn't happening any more; something is definitely wrong and you should not wait to get a new laptop. The hard drive could be faulty or it could be the motherboard.
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seems to me like a hard disk crash!
do a checkdisk... and create a new user (from the control panel)
If you see anything strange contact gateway
"Mythos"

Return the computer for repair or replacement.
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"Mythos"

Okay, I finally got this fixed. I installed Linux and was able to access the Gateway recovery partition. This allowed me to restore everything to the factory defaults. Everything is working great.
Mythos wrote: