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    Recovery Partition

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MikeLowell, Sep 1, 2012.

  1. MikeLowell

    MikeLowell Newbie

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    I did a clean Install of Windows, and Updated my drivers manually to the latest Versions. Now I have a M17xR3 and being an idiot I forgot about the recovery partition and it deleted. Now ive run into some pc problems and need it back ASAP. Is there ANY ANY ANY way to recover that Recovery Partition, Please Help Me :'/
     
    MikeLowell, Sep 1, 2012
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  2. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    I was told it was not possible to recover it once it was deleted short of reformatting your HDD and reloading the partition using some sort of special OS install disc...BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON IT!
     
    radji, Sep 1, 2012
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  3. shinji257

    shinji257 Notebook Deity

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    You can't rebuild it. It is placed on the drive at the factory using their tools. You would of been prompted to create the recovery discs during the initial boots of the stock image which should of been done just in case. That disc will sometimes restore the recovery partition but without those discs there is no way to do it. The discs Dell-Alienware would send would probably just do a clean install similar to what you already did.
     
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  4. leeshjnn

    leeshjnn Notebook Evangelist

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    Why would you need the recovery partition? I normally have Hiren's boot CD in case I mess up my laptop. You can also use Acronis True Image or Norton Ghost to create a image of your HDD and store somewhere safe. The image does not have to be inside your HDD, in case you accidentally format it.
     
    leeshjnn, Sep 1, 2012
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  5. Alienware-Luis_Pardo

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    You won't be able to recover it, but you can install it and back up the current state of your system.

    If you're currently having issues, reinstall the OS and all the drivers, then install AlienRespawn.

    As for software that came with your computer, you can get it here.
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Sep 5, 2012
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  6. jywang

    jywang Notebook Evangelist

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    If you do a complete factory restore from the dvds, it will recreate the partition.
    If you didn't make the dvds you are sol.
     
    jywang, Sep 5, 2012
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