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    alienrespawn in w7

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by marceldomingu, May 31, 2010.

  1. marceldomingu

    marceldomingu Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi, guys, last night i re-install the w7 and when i try to install the aw respawn 2.0 patch the systems says me change MBR.ini failed

    the other thing is my wireless card works bad,windows says it's ok in hardware devices, but i cannot join any wifi point.

    anybody helps me?

    thanks
     
    marceldomingu, May 31, 2010
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    can you do a fresh install or that isn't an option ?
     
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    today y re-install the w7 from boot cd not from windows, and now, no problems with wifi, but i can't apply the patch of respawn, says me the same error
     
    marceldomingu, Jun 1, 2010
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    What is respawn patch ?
     
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    That is a patch to relocate AlienRespawn after UPGRADING from the original Windows Vista to Windows 7. It will not work with a fresh Windows install.
    The only way to get AlienRespawn back is use some softwares that can set the OEM partition to active. Then you boot from that partition and do the complete respawn process.
     
    Hero1711, Jun 2, 2010
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    yes, i do that with acronis sofware, but when finally i open alienrespawn 2.0 when i do a fabric adjusts, the instalation freezes al 78%, it's possible i have error because i set the respawn partition as active? i don't know how more can i do...

    thanks
     
    marceldomingu, Jun 2, 2010
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    Maybe there is a problem with your HDD(s). I got RAID0 on my replacement laptop, when it started up, it took super long time (the alien's eyes were always on); so I decided to do a complete respawn and it also got stuck (I even left the laptop for 5 hours). Then, I discovered that 1 HDD was dying.
     
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    can someone explain how to boot the partition of the aw respawn without respawn? I tested with acronis disc director but I think that putting the restore partition as active, gives me error when installing ..
    exists another way / any sugestion?

    and now I have the w7 laptop with no problems, but in device manager unknown devices appear after installing the drivers from dell, but I want to load the original backup wvista and from there upgrade to w7 since so not sure give problems.


    the other way, it's possible modify the MBR? if it's possible, how can i do? anybody with the mbr well send me his settings?

    thanks
     
    marceldomingu, Jun 3, 2010
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