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    Help ! How to reboot from Windows.old

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Korgot, Aug 20, 2010.

  1. Korgot

    Korgot Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,
    Recently, I messed up my computer and everything buy reinstalling Windows. I look for a backup or something, but I found none. The only thing I have is Windows.old. I tried rebooting using it by following this tutorial, but I don't see the " Repair your computer" option when I boot from my flash disk. Any help ? Thanks.
     
    Korgot, Aug 20, 2010
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  2. Luminair

    Luminair Notebook Consultant

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    I assume you're trying to install to another partition or something - if you nuked your Windows installation, all your files should have been deleted
     
    Luminair, Aug 20, 2010
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    corwinicre Notebook Deity

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    Negative. Windows.old is a backup folder that is made when you install Windows on a partition where there already is Windows exactly so you can restore it.



    I've never had to restore from it, so I can't help, sorry.
     
    corwinicre, Aug 20, 2010
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  4. Korgot

    Korgot Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was able to do it. The only thing is I lost my Wi Fi drivers in the process and now my WiFi won't work. Could anybody send me the good one, because I tried installing every single one and none work.. Thanks
     
    Korgot, Aug 20, 2010
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  5. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    These kinds of things happen when you do something drastic like blow away your OS installation, without really knowing what you're doing or how to recover.

    The wireless card in your laptop is the Dell Wireless 1520 card. You can find drivers for that, plus all of the other drivers you need for your system, at Welcome to Dell Support
     
    kent1146, Aug 22, 2010
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