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    About Alien Respawn

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by abcxyz91, Apr 9, 2011.

  1. abcxyz91

    abcxyz91 Notebook Consultant

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    There are few questions I would like to know since this is my first Alienware after all.

    1. At first, Alien Respawn asks me to create a recovery disk. But M11X doesn't come with optical drive so I choose the option which make a recovery disk on USB drive. It takes 5gb on my 8gb USB (I called it "USB 1"). And here is my concern: If I copy those recovery files on "USB 1" to another 8gb USB (I call it "USB 2"), so when I want to recovery my M11x, is it possible to recovery by using "USB 2" or it must be "USB 1"?

    2. I used a free software called Partition Wizard to divine my HDD into C: (OS driver - 50gb) D: and E: (~90gb each). I checked and saw that, beside those partitions, it also has 2 hidden partitions which named OEM and Recovery. So when I recovery using Alien Respawn, my HDD becomes one single drive like factory setting or still have 3 partitions?

    3. Does my game save data remain after recovery?
     
    abcxyz91, Apr 9, 2011
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  2. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i don't know if it ghosts the install or the entire HDD.

    but i don't use it :)
     
    thegh0sts, Apr 9, 2011
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  3. abcxyz91

    abcxyz91 Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone here???
     
    abcxyz91, Apr 10, 2011
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  4. DivineAura

    DivineAura Notebook Evangelist

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    After recovery your laptop will be like the first time you boot it.
    Of course you can find savegames @ my documents and copy it to your external storage :D
     
    DivineAura, Apr 10, 2011
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  5. BitByteBit

    BitByteBit Notebook Guru

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    1. No, must be USB 1, this is because USB2 will not have been set up as bootable.
    2. Yes, Respawn will maintain the OEM and Recovery partitions.
    3. No, back up all data before "Respawning".
     
    BitByteBit, Apr 10, 2011
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  6. DivineAura

    DivineAura Notebook Evangelist

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    But Dell Datasafe deleted my OEM partition D:
     
    DivineAura, Apr 10, 2011
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  7. abcxyz91

    abcxyz91 Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, but how about my drive D and E. Will it be merged together and become a single C only?

    Let me make it easier to understand:
    When I brought it, it has 3 partitions: OEM, Recovery and C (~230GB)
    Then I divined it, and now I have: OEM, Recovery, C (~50GB), D (90GB), E (~90GB)
    So, after respawn, I still have 5 partitions or come back like factory settings with 3?
     
    abcxyz91, Apr 10, 2011
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  8. abcxyz91

    abcxyz91 Notebook Consultant

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    Seems like not many people here using Alien respawn doesn't it?
     
    abcxyz91, Apr 13, 2011
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  9. Actify

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    i use it but i know nothing about it lol
     
    Actify, Apr 13, 2011
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  10. yelohotshot

    yelohotshot Notebook Consultant

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    Can you test it out and let us know what happens to your machine after respawning,

    Make sure you back up any important data that you cant afford to lose and then go for the respawn...
     
    yelohotshot, Apr 14, 2011
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