Alienware M17x R3 Need help lost my recovery disc

Hi everyone it has been a long time since I've been here, I mostly use to be on the gateway & Toshiba side. But anyway I need you guys and girls help I have a Alienware M17x R3, w7 home premium 64bit, AMD HD 6970 Gpu 1920x1080 non 3D. The hard drive went completely dead I cannot retrieve anything off if it doesn't even spin. I got a new hard drive but I have one problem I cannot locate my recovery disc I have been looking for it for several days now but no luck now I do have a Windows 7 64bit installation disc but I don't want to do it that way I want to get back the Recovery Partition AlienRespawn I want to set it back to like new original factory state can anyone out there with the same m17x R3 please pm me if you can help me. I don't want to say it out, because I don't know if it is against the rules. I think you all know what I need. Thank You

 

The recovery disk would put you in the same position as the installation disk. Your not gonna be able to use alienware respawn as the Hard Drive with the recovery Partition is dead and cannot be accessed.

 

Actually you won't need the Alienware Resource DVD for this. You can also do it this way:

Install the operating system
As the HDD is new you shouldn't have any partitions yet (all free space shows up as unallocated), however if you do, make sure you delete them all
Create a new partition with at least 15GB (20GB to be sure if you'd like)
Then create a partition with the remaining space in your hard drive
Install windows in the bigger partition
Install all the drivers needed for the M17x R3

Also, here's the wallpapers that came with the computer, as well as the software that you purchased it with.

Let us know how it goes

 

I don't understand what you mean. I am looking to re-image the hard as it originally came. I talking about the original restore disc that came with the computer. Not something I made. Please explain, your help is appreciated.

 

look at the post below my first one and you should be good to go. Luis knows exactly what he is talking about.

 

But if I do it this way, I will not get back the recovery partition that was originally there. I am trying to get it back exactly like when I took it out of the box with the recovery partition. How do I do this. Thanks appreciate the quick reply.

 

I don't think that's possible

 

Let me just ask is there any way possible to put back the recovery partition that originally came with Alienware without having the original hard drive to clone. Is there any restore/recovery disc that can do this?

 

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It is! Sorry I forgot to include the link to download alienrespawn.

The 20GB partition I mentioned above is exactly for this purpose. Alienrespawn is the recovery partition. Once your system is ready to go, just install it and it will create the recovery partition.

Alienrespawn

 

Thank you, nothing to be sorry about i appreciate your help finish installing all the drivers and finishing up all the windows updates. Download AlienRespawn I created a 17gb partition for it i will let you know how it goes.

 

So I did everything you said, download and install AlienRespawn but it didn't work to put a restore image on the 17gb partition that I made for it it only gave me the option to create media or use a thumb drive. What am I doing wrong?

 

Did you ever figure this out? I'm about to embark of the same mission, but with an m11x R1. Hoping not to run into any issues with the Alien Respawn portion.