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    Restoring an m15x?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Eltocliousus, Jun 9, 2009.

  1. Eltocliousus

    Eltocliousus Notebook Consultant

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    I recently installed windows 7 to my m15x, Once discovering a Bsod i decided not to look for fixes and just restore back to vista, Unfortunatly i cannot find the disk although i'm sure you can restore it from the Bios, Although i cannot find the proper keystroke to do this when the bios comes uo, can anyone help?
     
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  2. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    BIOS does not store an OS.
    you will need the vista cd.
     
    ryujin, Jun 9, 2009
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  3. Eltocliousus

    Eltocliousus Notebook Consultant

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    ok i found the CD, installed it, But their are no Alienware drivers nor internet drivers.

    So now i'm faced with this problem, How can i put drivers on my laptop from my computer WITHOUT a driver on my laptop allowing both my computer and laptop to connect ( including wireless internet... )

    Annoying, isn't it..

    Guess i'll have to buy some CD's or a flashdrive...
     
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  4. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    you should have an AW access account for drivers and such.
    go to the support area of the AW site and see if you can dig up the drivers there...if not, you may have to call them to get access if you cant do it yourself.
     
    ryujin, Jun 9, 2009
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  5. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    download the drivers on other computers, dummy :)
     
    whizzo, Jun 9, 2009
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  6. Eltocliousus

    Eltocliousus Notebook Consultant

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    Did you read my last post?

    I said i'd need to download it on my desktop and buy a CD/Flash drive to transfer the drivers to the laptop....

    Therefore, sir, you are the dummy :)
     
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  7. Comskian

    Comskian Notebook Consultant

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    I beleive some drivers can be downloaded from this forum?
     
    Comskian, Jun 9, 2009
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  8. Eltocliousus

    Eltocliousus Notebook Consultant

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    Aye Comskian, Seems Mr.Mo0 has a full list of'em just itching to be downloaded.
     
    Eltocliousus, Jun 9, 2009
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  9. Comskian

    Comskian Notebook Consultant

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    cool..! Then go on and download / burn 'em ... :)
     
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  10. AtolSammeek

    AtolSammeek Tokay Gecko

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    Take a look at your desktop hard drive plug and see if it can support the laptop hard drives. I heard alot of Miro computers like to use both laptop or desktop hard drives becuse they are the same power and port. I think I seen it on tomshardware.com

    use the hard drive as a slave hard drive. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/245289-32-connecting-sata-disk-desktop-internal-sata

    The best idea is download wifi then move it back to the laptop and do the rest of installs. Becuse it dont sound like it %100
     
    AtolSammeek, Jun 9, 2009
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  11. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    you don't own a USB thumb drive? -^
     
    whizzo, Jun 9, 2009
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  12. didymus03

    didymus03 Notebook Enthusiast

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    my m15x came with not only a restore cd, but also a full driver cd. By now many of them have been updated, but they'd get u connected at least. Did you not get one? I'd assume you would have put it in the same place u found your restore cd.
     
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  13. AtolSammeek

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    Ya the only one he need is the wi fi for internet. so he can get the other drivers. I agree he should of had a cd for the updates.
     
    AtolSammeek, Jun 9, 2009
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