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    Error on Fresh OS Install

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by uthall, May 7, 2011.

  1. uthall

    uthall Notebook Consultant

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    Just rebuilt the OS (Windows 7)and its almost all the way through and then comes up with this message

    "Windows Setup could not configure windows to run on this computer's hardware"

    Single 720GB disk.

    Got me stumped...........help?
     
    uthall, May 7, 2011
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  2. Conjuredevil

    Conjuredevil Notebook Geek

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    Did you enter the serial number during the setup?make sure its 64bit version :)
     
    Conjuredevil, May 7, 2011
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    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

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    your bios is set to Raid therefore you need to install the raid drivers durring the OS install or you will get this error every time.....
     
    steve1ddd, May 7, 2011
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  4. uthall

    uthall Notebook Consultant

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    Yea, that was exactly it, thanks :eek:
     
    uthall, May 8, 2011
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