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    Alienware m17x r3 dvdrw driver missing

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by z_1_335, May 22, 2014.

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    Hi there fellow alienware friends, I have a Alienware m17x r3, absolutely love it and I ave finally registered to this great forum, so much info and great reviews, im still learning about my beast though.

    I decided to install a SSD for bootup, i left the Raid option in bios as is, installed the SSD in the 2nd drive bay and removed the 2 WD 750gb scorpios, did a fresh windows 7 install, all was well until I decided to put bak one of the 750gb WD scorpios, I had reformatted the WD on another pc, after installing the drive and when windows loaded I got the driver not installed correctly message, the 1 is my dvd-rw drive, HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CA30N and the other is the WD 750gb hdd

    Anyone experienced this issue, I have tried to search for the dvdrw driver with no luck
    Any help would highly be appreciated

    Sent From My Samsung S5 Lte
     
    z_1_335, May 22, 2014
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    that's really weird, have you tried uninstalling the driver completely and letting Windows Update look for the best one for it.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, May 22, 2014
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    Yes I did try that, it finds a driver using windows update but then says "access denied" when it tries to install the driver

    Sent From My Samsung S5 Lte
     
    z_1_335, May 22, 2014
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    1Coopgt, May 22, 2014
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    V3curonium, May 23, 2014
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    Im gona do a windows re-install with Ahci mode in bios, will see what happens, I will post results here

    Sent From My Samsung S5 Lte
     
    z_1_335, May 23, 2014
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    Don't know where I read it once but when I do a fresh install, I remove/disconnect all my drives exept the future bootdrive.
     
    V3curonium, May 23, 2014
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    Ok I got it right, thanks to 1Coopgt, I set the hdd to ahci in the bios 1st then did a fresh install and loaded drivers accordingly, no driver missing messages at all, thanks guys, really appreciate the help, notebook review rocks :cool: ;)

    Sent From My Samsung S5 Lte
     
    z_1_335, May 24, 2014
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    That's awesome, I'm glad you got it sorted out with his advice!
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, May 28, 2014
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