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    alienrespawn issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by appledrink, Feb 25, 2013.

  1. appledrink

    appledrink Newbie

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    hello nbr,

    I just recently purchased an Alienware R4 "and i love it", and due to the fact that i love it so much i wanted to create a backup, so i went to my local wal mart and picked up an external hard drive, "capacity of external hd is greater than my SSD." so i purchased alienrespawn and proceeded to create recovery medium on my usb key followed by a failed attempt at a full system back up, after choosing the drive that i wanted to back up i chose where i would save this backup "which was on the external drive" and then clicked next. it appeared that everything was ok until it got to about 32% "happened every time at 32%" then it failed. and thats all the information i have because there was no information in the logs nor was there any information in the activity logs, i have no idea what to do as i just feel ive wasted $40 on alienrespawn, i did successfully create a backup system image with windows on my external drive. but i would like to use alienrespawn since i paid for it...... please help.

    Thanks,


    My M17x r4

    3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3840QM (8MB Cache, up to 3.8GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
    32GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
    Seagate Momentus XT STBD750100 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 2.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Solid State Hybrid Drive
    17.3-inch WideFHD1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED
    2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
    512GB Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Service Pack 1, English, w/Media
    Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish
    Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
    Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di with THX TruStudio Pro Software
    Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO for Gaming and Video and Bluetooth 4.0
     
    appledrink, Feb 25, 2013
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  2. MickyD1234

    MickyD1234 Notebook Prophet

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    This happened to me also. No matter what drive or available space the backup would fail at the same point with 'insufficient space' error. I uninstalled it and reinstalled, then it started working (I also purchased the full copy).

    HTH
     
    MickyD1234, Feb 25, 2013
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    appledrink Newbie

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    I will give it a try when i get home. Thanks for the reply
    Has anyone else had / have similar issues ?
     
    appledrink, Feb 25, 2013
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    appledrink Newbie

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    so, i went home and uninstalled alienrespawn, and re-installed it from the link provided in my purchase receipt. still failing, with no information as to why it failed. not sure what to do.
     
    appledrink, Feb 26, 2013
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