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    Windows 7 reinstall issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MoltenTesseract, May 5, 2011.

  1. MoltenTesseract

    MoltenTesseract Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    So, I got my new m17xR3 today. Went ahead and created my respawn discs, removed the RAID0 config and now when I try and installed windows from the installation disc i got from dell it's failing at the "Completing installion" part with the error "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware."

    Any idea's how to get this installed?
     
    MoltenTesseract, May 5, 2011
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  2. 7leagueboot

    7leagueboot Notebook Consultant

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    Probably a daft question but I take it you edited the BIOS so that it runs in AHCI?
     
    7leagueboot, May 5, 2011
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  3. juliant

    juliant Notebook Deity

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    You have to change it back to raid 0 but do not pair the hdd. Leave them as they are and it will work... However, you get better speed in raid 0 than the AHCI
     
    juliant, May 5, 2011
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  4. MoltenTesseract

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    *faceplam* I'm an idiot. I realised this at 3am when I woke up and went "I'VE GOT IT!" and went back to sleep. Thanks!

    How do I axactly keep it as RAID0... but not paired? Theres a reason I got rid of RAID0...
     
    MoltenTesseract, May 5, 2011
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    After I switched it to run AHCI...can I just switch it back to Raid0 after fresh install?
     
    rkrudolph, May 23, 2011
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    You will need to load the RAID drivers during install if you install in RAID mode.
     
    uthall, May 23, 2011
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    This the message I get at the very end of install "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware"
    I currently have the computer wiped clean right now.
    I'm not sure if this question has already been answered but sorry I'm a newbie. How would I go about installing the RAID drivers during Win7 install? If I could get the instructions for that I think that would solve my problems.
     
    rkrudolph, May 24, 2011
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  8. uthall

    uthall Notebook Consultant

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    go to the R3 driver page

    Drivers & Downloads

    Download the Intel driver, extract the files (run the exe and then browse to where the files were extracted to), go to the f6flpy-x64 folder, copy all files to a USB disk

    Run windows setup, when it gets to the bit where you partition drives etc, select the load driver option and read the files from your USB.

    Then your all good.
     
    uthall, May 24, 2011
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  9. rkrudolph

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    Awesome, thanks for the tip.
     
    rkrudolph, May 25, 2011
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  10. Apoxxx

    Apoxxx Notebook Evangelist

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    Yup, load the drivers, had the same problems myself, and I just got the drivers and everything worked fine.
     
    Apoxxx, May 25, 2011
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    Worked great for me too. Much appreciated.
     
    rkrudolph, May 25, 2011
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  12. headlesschikin

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    Omg Thankyou! :D
     
    headlesschikin, Nov 27, 2011
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