Hello everyone, I just got given an awesome relic of 2003, A Gateway M500B1 Laptop. I am attempting to hunt down factory restoration disc images to re-format it. It does not have a recovery partition on the hard drive, and the recovery program on the computer version 2.9.9.1 is asking for the CD or an internet connection (which their URL's will clearly not be valid anymore).

Its even got a badass translucent blue keyboard! Its kind of the Cadillac of early 2000's laptops. He said he spent $2000 on it when he bought it new.
Its got VGA and S-Video Out, mic and aux in, aux out with optical capability, Modem, LAN, 1-4-Pin & 1-6pin FireWire, Parallel Port, as well as 3 USB and a SD card reader.
Cool little feature about this unit too, Is with the media panel to the left of the keyboard, It can play CD's on the disc drive, MP3's from SD Card & HDD, as well as auxillary through the laptop speakers with the PC powered OFF!
SPECS:
Pentium 4-M Processor (2.20ghz)
1.0GB RAM
Nvidia Geforce 4 420 GO 32MB GPU
40GB Hard Drive
Built-In Wi-Fi & "Bass Enhanced System" bass speaker.