The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    window install help!!!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by hvale2k5, Nov 3, 2010.

  1. hvale2k5

    hvale2k5 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    116
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    hvale2k5, Nov 3, 2010
    #1
  2. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

    Reputations:
    1,940
    Messages:
    2,418
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I haven't read any posts where people have had success cloning HDD's to SSD's. I wonder if you could do this:

    1 - Make a Windows System Image of your HDD and have it saved to your SSD.
    2 - Copy the folder WindowsImageBackup from your SSD over to the HDD.
    3 - Swap the HDD out for the SSD.
    3 - Launch Windows 7 Repair and restore from a system image. It should find the image on the HDD and allow you reimage it to the SSD.

    It's a lot of steps, but less (I imagine) than the work you put into trying to make a bootable USB.
     
    anseio, Nov 4, 2010
    #2
  3. hvale2k5

    hvale2k5 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    116
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    yea that lota step, lol i tried to install window /w AW recovery disc by connecting the SSD in my desktop cuz it has the internal optical drive... but it still doesn't boot on the m11x (work fine on desktop tho)....
    Going to buy an 4gb USB now.
     
    hvale2k5, Nov 4, 2010
    #3
  4. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

    Reputations:
    1,940
    Messages:
    2,418
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    So your AW does NOT have an optical drive that you put your recovery discs in?

    You shouldn't need to do this with a USB drive. The intent of bootable USB drives was for technicians who install windows all the time over many machines.
     
    anseio, Nov 4, 2010
    #4
  5. hvale2k5

    hvale2k5 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    116
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    i dont have an external drive, and seem like the bootable usb is my only option since it's much cheaper than optical.
     
    hvale2k5, Nov 4, 2010
    #5
  6. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

    Reputations:
    1,940
    Messages:
    2,418
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    So, you have TWO slots for hard drives in your AW, then?
     
    anseio, Nov 4, 2010
    #6
  7. jeremyshaw

    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

    Reputations:
    791
    Messages:
    3,210
    Likes Received:
    231
    Trophy Points:
    131
    No, the m11xr1/2 only have one HDD slot, but I installed a MR04R+32GB SD card into my WWAN Slot :cool:
     
    jeremyshaw, Nov 4, 2010
    #7
  8. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

    Reputations:
    1,940
    Messages:
    2,418
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    You only have one HDD slot and NO optical drive?
     
    anseio, Nov 4, 2010
    #8
  9. jeremyshaw

    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

    Reputations:
    791
    Messages:
    3,210
    Likes Received:
    231
    Trophy Points:
    131
    Not an issue :p Most 11.6" laptops are configured the same way.

    But yeah, no CD Drive (my old SuperSlim PRO didn't have one, either).
     
    jeremyshaw, Nov 4, 2010
    #9
  10. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

    Reputations:
    1,940
    Messages:
    2,418
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Thanks for clearing that up for me.
     
    anseio, Nov 4, 2010
    #10
  11. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    7,395
    Messages:
    7,964
    Likes Received:
    25
    Trophy Points:
    206
    What SSD? Aftermarket or is this the Dell/Samsung SSD?
     
    BatBoy, Nov 4, 2010
    #11
  12. hvale2k5

    hvale2k5 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    116
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30

    Intel x25-m g2, all the file were copied to there but couldn't get it to boot up.

    So i went to get a 4gb usb to reinstall window....
     
    hvale2k5, Nov 4, 2010
    #12