Huge Problem - MBR corrupted, can't restore it. F8 doesn't work. Dell can't help?

Hello. Sorry for the little bit long post but i need to explain the details here.

I have an Alienware M17xR3. If you want to skip to the part i'm currently at, skip the quote.

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I managed to restore factory image using Command line with my windows CD.

However as some of you already know, there is no way to restore the factory MBR even with a factory image. So F8 "repair your computer" still doesn't show up and i m having troulbe with alienrespawn also, probably gonna have with other things too.

So i'm at this point where I found out that Dell uses a custom MBR to boot up. I found on the web some tools, including this one:

http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixmbr.shtml

The only thing i m missing is a dell factory MBR to import it but i can't find one nowhere.

Dell's support doesnt seem to even realise my problem, suggesting all kind of things like reinstall windows blah blah blah (most of them i tried already) and they can't provide me with a factory MBR.

So if you guys know where I can find one or any of you can kindly upload yours for me i would be greatful.

Thank you in advance and sorry for the long post!

 

Can someone with an alienware laptop with windows 7 open up cmd and write bdcedit /enum all

and reagentc /info and post output here

so i might be able to proceed by manually fixing it please?

 

if the MBR partition is broken then just swap with a blank HDD?

 

Hey guys, and thank you all for your help. So, i have some news.

I backed up the recovery partition just in case, and made a clean windows 7 instalation using the windows 7 cd dell provided with the laptop. After installing all drivers etc i enabled windows update and had huge problems with it. It would freeze at "looking for updates" forever. After 3 different troubleshooting programs and registry tweeks i managed to have them downloading at the moment i m writing this.

The thing is i'm still experiencing the issues i had before the format, that made me want to recover in the first place. Everything is TOO slow, even web pages in browser are slow. not to mention freezes in games. Also when using more than one program the screen might freeze for few seconds.

However, There is an issue it seems i disregarded even before the corrupted MBR.

Everytime I boot up, before the windows loading screen i get a message that my AC adapter is not recognized and it will run on 150W and the system will run on less power, something like that. Then i have to press F1 to continue to boot.

This happens EVERYtime i boot. I never gave much attention to this since this was happening occasionaly and i usualy just rebooted or turn off the laptop, remove the adapter and connect it again, then it was all ok.

Dell tech said that my system is running on much lower power than it should and it might be the reason my MBR got corrupted in the first place. They re sending me a new AC adapter which i ll get prob tomorrow. I hope this will solve the problem and it s not a motherboard issue or something else