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    Returning m11xr1

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by jrowinski, Dec 20, 2010.

  1. jrowinski

    jrowinski Notebook Consultant

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    I have concluded that the r1 isn't for me. That being said, i need some advice on restoring it to factory settings. Unfortunately, i didn't use the alienwarerespawn software that it came with. What are my options.. I don't have much installed, but i changed some settings/drivers for optimal performance. Will the CD's do the trick?
     
    jrowinski, Dec 20, 2010
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  2. bavman

    bavman Notebook Evangelist

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    Just take you personal information off the laptop and thats usually good enough, they'll wipe the hdd before reselling it. You can use the recovery partition already on your hdd to do a full system restore to make sure none of your settings or files are there. Second method is much safer.
     
    bavman, Dec 20, 2010
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  3. some guy

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    there is some freeware called "ccleaner" can wipe the free space of your hdd. i normally do that after a fresh install before i sell a PC to someone.
     
    some guy, Dec 20, 2010
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  4. jrowinski

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    I tried the system restore... didn't seem to work, got some error after the first reboot...any other method?
     
    jrowinski, Dec 21, 2010
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  5. stevenxowens792

    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Just erase your personal data and send it back as-is. They will re-image it anyway.

    StevenX
     
    stevenxowens792, Dec 21, 2010
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  6. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    Yup. Wipe the drive, and send it back to them.

    You don't need to restore to factory settings. They will re-image the drive anyway.
     
    kent1146, Dec 22, 2010
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  7. Thaenatos

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    The CD that shipped with it should work. Its what I used to do a fresh install on my r1.
     
    Thaenatos, Dec 22, 2010
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  8. danyune

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    can just delete the hard drive completely with no partition, the people at dell will do it before reselling
     
    danyune, Dec 22, 2010
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