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    Clean install AlienRespawn fix?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by datrudd, Apr 18, 2009.

  1. datrudd

    datrudd Newbie

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    I have been looking for a way to access alienrespawn after doing a clean install of Windows and have read that the MBR is over-written and the systems ability to re-spawn is lost. My thought is to Use Norton Ghost to create a computer backup of the system before doing a clean install, then use that backup as a bridge to regain access to the F10 prompt at boot however I don't know if this would really work or if this is already common knowledge.
     
    datrudd, Apr 18, 2009
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  2. FoxTrot1337

    FoxTrot1337 Notebook Deity

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    Haha, I just had this problem. However it seems to me that you reformatted your hard drive before doing a clean install, would this be correct?
     
    FoxTrot1337, Apr 19, 2009
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    Using Ghost Before wiping off your drive should work provided you use a drive to image backup and not a paritition to image backup
     
    simonmpoulton, Apr 19, 2009
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    Can you restore the image?
     
    FoxTrot1337, Apr 19, 2009
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    datrudd Newbie

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    datrudd, Apr 19, 2009
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    I used Gparted and had set the boot flag to the Respawn partition.
     
    FoxTrot1337, Apr 19, 2009
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  7. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    gparted FTW told you fox
     
    The_Moo™, Apr 20, 2009
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