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    Need a Clean restore image.

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by PaPoTe, Feb 26, 2011.

  1. PaPoTe

    PaPoTe Notebook Guru

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    Hello everyone.

    To make a long story short I was trying to install linux into a usb drive and I screwed up my windows, I proceeded to delete the partitions and everything since I couldn't get my restore partition working. I reinstalled windows 7 clean from the disk that we got with laptop.

    I am back up and running and all seems to be working without any problems. I would like to know if anyone is able to make a restore image via respawn or a ghost image or any kind of image from a out of the box new alienware m11x. Let me try to explain this. I am going to buy a ssd drive here shortly and what I want is to be able to use whatever image backup i receive from an m11x to ghost it back into that drive and when I click power the m11x greets me with that hey, how are you that we all got when we first power up our new baby.

    I got an Alienware M11x system and I have a copy of windows 7 home 64bit.

    I have looked in the internet and in the forum and I could not find a download of an image. I also called alienware and all they could do was help me put the system back via the dell driver website and so forth which I already did on my own.

    Thanks for reading my long post and hope someone can help me.
     
    PaPoTe, Feb 26, 2011
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  2. tehkrazyne5s

    tehkrazyne5s Notebook Geek

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    I too would also like to know this.

    I recently did a fresh install and it was such a hassle. I had to find all the drivers and at first the WiFi card didn't work. So I had to find a ethernet cable and etc. Just a hassle.

    Is it possible to be able to restore so when you power up a fresh start it's like a brand new machine straight from dell?
     
    tehkrazyne5s, Feb 26, 2011
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    c4sc4 Notebook Consultant

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  4. PaPoTe

    PaPoTe Notebook Guru

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    I used that and is good. However my goal is to have an image of the drive so that when I load it it will partition the drive and load the restore or spawn or whatever alienware loads on that other partition and I can have my backup for future mishaps.
     
    PaPoTe, Feb 26, 2011
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    utrillalm Notebook Enthusiast

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    your restore partition is unavailable because you overwrite the MBR when you did the dual boot so theres no way to recover that partition again =(
     
    utrillalm, Feb 26, 2011
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    PaPoTe Notebook Guru

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    I know this. My hard drive partitions are gone, deleted, all is one single drive now. This is the reason I need for somebody kind enough to ghost image their hard drive so I can put it back.

    Thanks.
     
    PaPoTe, Feb 26, 2011
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    anthonykit Notebook Consultant

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    I will do this.
    I pm'ed you.
     
    anthonykit, Feb 26, 2011
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  8. PaPoTe

    PaPoTe Notebook Guru

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    Anthony, I replied to PM.

    You are a life saver.
     
    PaPoTe, Feb 26, 2011
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