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    Need help to downgrade from win 8...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by sanity74, Nov 5, 2012.

  1. sanity74

    sanity74 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi mate,

    2 days ago I was upgrade my alienware to win 8 pro, and I just found not many drivers support with win 8, so I decided to downgrade to win 7. I already tried restore with recovery disc that I made with alienrespawn in first time when I used my laptop, but when finish restore process, all back to win 8 again.
    I was install win 8 it looked like clean install, because all the original program was gone.
    unfortunately I don't have win 7 disc.
    can any anyone help me?

    thanks
     
    sanity74, Nov 5, 2012
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    iHack1nt0sh Notebook Enthusiast

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    Without some sort of Windows 7 media you won't be able to restore to 7. This sounds like the exact same scenario people had when PC's starting shipping with Vista. I think your best bet would be to buy a Windows 7 license and go from there.
     
    iHack1nt0sh, Nov 5, 2012
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    His machine will have a windows 7 key and a copy can be burned legally from downloading the ISO.

    However what drivers don't support windows 8?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 5, 2012
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    steviejones133 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    You can also use this guide. Get the ISO online. You can use any Windows 7 disc and the key on the bottom of the machine to do it.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Nov 5, 2012
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    thanks all for your input. I appreciate it.
     
    sanity74, Nov 6, 2012
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    No problem. That's why we are here.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Nov 6, 2012
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    Hi Guys...
    I already install windows 7 home premium x64, and I also use recovery disc to restore factory default, and it works...but it install all the recovery file to another hard drive. Btw I have 2 hard drive(64 GB SSD & 1TB hard drive).
    64 GB SSD have 3 partition (disck 1)
    - 39 MB healthy (OEM partition)
    - 9.22 GB healthy (active,primary partition)drive (D :)
    - 50.36GB healthy (active,primary partition)drive (F :) I install windows 7 in here

    1TB hard drive have 3 partition also (disk 0)
    - 39MB healthy (OEM partition)
    - 9.22 GB healthy (system,active,primary partition)
    -922.21GB healthy(boot,page file,crach dump,primary partition) OS (C :) the factory default in this hard drive

    my question is can I restore factory default to my SSD like the first time the laptop came?

    have any suggestion ?

    thanks
     
    sanity74, Nov 9, 2012
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  9. DDDenniZZZ

    DDDenniZZZ Notebook Deity

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    I wouldn't recommend it, bit too small 64gb, it would make you have to manage your drive a bit too much. Probably best to use that SSD as the cache drive (IRST).
     
    DDDenniZZZ, Nov 9, 2012
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