- Jan 16, 2010
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Okay, so I gave my 16 yr old daughter an old Alienware we had (2005-ish). This is from when Alienware was really Alienware (Dell was not the owner back then).
Well, it seems the hard drive is acting up and needs to be replaced. Dell doesn't even know who I am and the "MyHive" section of the site doesn't know me either (Thanks to Dell removing old Alienware Customer Data). I also can't find helpful information as everything seems to be post Dell and different options from this PC.
The system came with an Alienware Respawn / Recovery Boot Disk and Image Disk. This is an Alienware branded Norton Ghost Image (I think). I also think the boot disk needs to see something specific on a very small partion in order to work and then you switch the disks from boot to image disk and restore all of the drivers, software and factory settings.
How would someone do this with a new hard drive?
Since the new drive isn't going to have the special partion data on it I am not sure what to do.... anyone with knowledge of how to switch a hard drive and get the respawn to work I could really use the help.
Thanks
Well, it seems the hard drive is acting up and needs to be replaced. Dell doesn't even know who I am and the "MyHive" section of the site doesn't know me either (Thanks to Dell removing old Alienware Customer Data). I also can't find helpful information as everything seems to be post Dell and different options from this PC.
The system came with an Alienware Respawn / Recovery Boot Disk and Image Disk. This is an Alienware branded Norton Ghost Image (I think). I also think the boot disk needs to see something specific on a very small partion in order to work and then you switch the disks from boot to image disk and restore all of the drivers, software and factory settings.
How would someone do this with a new hard drive?
Since the new drive isn't going to have the special partion data on it I am not sure what to do.... anyone with knowledge of how to switch a hard drive and get the respawn to work I could really use the help.
Thanks
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