O....FFS....New computer messing up, advice appreciated.

2008-09-08 12:57:58

#1

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6910|England

So my new Alienware badboy came....and I decided to near immediatly install Company of Heroes as soon as I could. I was also fixing up my speaker system and nudged the power cable which turned the entire system off during installl -_-

Now my 1 day old computer is messing up like a bitch. It wont uninstall or reinstall CoH: OF, when I installed Spore, Spore appears to have dissapeared, and whenever I open up the My computer thing it freezes, not responding.....

is there any solution to this or will I have to reinstall Vista...

2008-09-08 13:01:55

#2

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7009|London

If you just got it, and don't have anything you need to backup, why not just re-install?

It won't take long.

2008-09-08 13:06:22

#3

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

reinstall fosho

seriously, i doubt anything will fix that except a reinstall.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-09-08 13:12:01

#4

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6910|England

Hmm....

its an Alienware so do i use the disc titled: Alienware System Recovery DVD?

Also whats the process? I stick the DVD in and it automatically reinstalls? and doesnt take long? Probably the best solution indeed.

2008-09-08 13:21:25

#5

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

Sgt.Davi wrote:
Hmm....

its an Alienware so do i use the disc titled: Alienware System Recovery DVD?

Also whats the process? I stick the DVD in and it automatically reinstalls? and doesnt take long? Probably the best solution indeed.

yes, i would use that DVD. but i don't know what'll pop up when you put it in, since it's an Alienware proprietary thing, so you're on your own there.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-09-08 13:27:31

#6

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6916

Alienware give you a copy of Ghost, so just boot that up from one CD, and then install the image they give you on the other CD. There are instructions if you're not sure, but it's super easy.

2008-09-08 13:27:39

#7

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6910|England

for goodness sake....Im looking at the manual and apparently I havent got the necessary disc for a reinstall

Let me explain.

I have a disc named System Recovery DVD v3 for Alienware systems.....however I am also meant to have a personal image DVD but there is not one in the manual thing I got...

unless it is one of the following:

Version .41 NF680i SLi (Sounds like something for the motherboard)

Alienware Nero 7 essentials software

Alienware Windows Vista Support CD V1.0

Or is it on the system recovery disc.....urgh this is tiresome....

Last edited by Sgt.Davi (2008-09-08 13:32:25)

2008-09-08 13:34:51

#8

Microwave: _; +515|6922|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

I'm selling my old Alienware on ebay at the moment.

Just got £51 for the empty case!

Ontopic... just use the recovery dvd.

2008-09-08 13:36:45

#9

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

Sgt.Davi wrote:
for goodness sake....Im looking at the manual and apparently I havent got the necessary disc for a reinstall

Let me explain.

I have a disc named System Recovery DVD v3 for Alienware systems.....however I am also meant to have a personal image DVD but there is not one in the manual thing I got...

unless it is one of the following:

Version .41 NF680i SLi (Sounds like something for the motherboard) - no

Alienware Nero 7 essentials software - no

Alienware Windows Vista Support CD V1.0 - no

Or is it on the system recovery disc.....urgh this is tiresome....

None of those discs, use the Recovery DVD.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-09-08 13:38:26

#10

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6910|England

hmmm...

So i think ive coined I restart, press F10 when prompted...do a full factory restore, then insert this recovery CD which will restore factory settings...

KK, should I do so?

2008-09-08 13:39:45

#11

CrazeD: Member; +368|6940|Maine

You probably have to burn a hidden section of the hard drive to a DVD. That's how they do it now-a-days. They can't be assed to send you a DVD.

This is why you custom build.

...had to be said.

EDIT: Yes, looks like you've got it.

Last edited by CrazeD (2008-09-08 13:40:37)

2008-09-08 13:40:36

#12

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6910|England

No looks like Alienrespawn is the way to go....BRB I suppose....

2008-09-08 13:40:47

#13

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

Sgt.Davi wrote:
hmmm...

So i think ive coined I restart, press F10 when prompted...do a full factory restore, then insert this recovery CD which will restore factory settings...

KK, should I do so?

yep, go

CrazeD wrote:
This is why you custom build.

/agree

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-09-08 17:43:54

#14

TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6172|CA

Don't you void the warranty if you open it up/install your own version of Windows?

Check out my YouTube channel

2008-09-08 18:09:10

#15

VicktorVauhn: Member; +319|6659|Southern California

TopHat01 wrote:
Don't you void the warranty if you open it up/install your own version of Windows?

I would really really hope that using the install disk they include would not void their warrenty...

Since its a brand new computer... Just call alienware? Isn't that the ONLY reason to buy instead of build?

2008-09-08 21:17:35

#16

Tetn1s: Member; +59|6909|Los Angeles

I own an alienware and have had to reinstall once during the 3 years ive used it. I just used the recovery cd.

2008-09-09 04:36:05

#17

CrazeD: Member; +368|6940|Maine

You've used the same installation of windows for three years?

O lawds

2008-09-09 05:13:36

#18

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7077|Nårvei

you wrote:
.....however I am also meant to have a personal image DVD but there is not one in the manual thing I got...

If i'm not mistaken, the personal image DVD is the one you are supposed to make yourself, if you dont have it that's because you haven't made it yet ...

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2008-09-09 08:36:47

#19

Sgt.Davi: Touches Himself At Night.; +300|6910|England

K worked a treat.

In other news the Windows switcher thing that i used to have has reverted back to the XP style instead of that funky show the windows from the side thingy <_<

Can anyone tell me how to switch it back?

2008-09-09 10:28:08

#20

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6958|Devon, England

Sgt.Davi wrote:
K worked a treat.

In other news the Windows switcher thing that i used to have has reverted back to the XP style instead of that funky show the windows from the side thingy <_<

Can anyone tell me how to switch it back?

If you mean the explorer bar (Where "start" is located), right click it and unlock it, then drag it to the side.

2008-09-09 11:02:57

#21

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7110|Reykjavík, Iceland.

CrazeD wrote:
You've used the same installation of windows for three years?

O lawds

3 years

I reformat every few months just to keep my it clean and tidy.

2008-09-09 11:04:16

#22

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6730|cuntshitlake

Sydney wrote:
CrazeD wrote:
You've used the same installation of windows for three years?

O lawds
3 years

I reformat every few months just to keep my it clean and tidy.

Once per half a yea for me. I hate backups, they always just stay hanging there for weeks in one folder before I can be arsed to reorganize them..

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2008-09-09 11:25:59

#23

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7110|Reykjavík, Iceland.

DeathUnlimited wrote:
Sydney wrote:
CrazeD wrote:
You've used the same installation of windows for three years?

O lawds
3 years

I reformat every few months just to keep my it clean and tidy.
Once per half a yea for me. I hate backups, they always just stay hanging there for weeks in one folder before I can be arsed to reorganize them..

I run some of my documents from the 'Backup' folder on my data drive, never bothered moving it

2008-09-09 12:24:38

#24

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7033|Cambridge (UK)

FFLink13 wrote:
Sgt.Davi wrote:
K worked a treat.

In other news the Windows switcher thing that i used to have has reverted back to the XP style instead of that funky show the windows from the side thingy <_<

Can anyone tell me how to switch it back?
If you mean the explorer bar (Where "start" is located), right click it and unlock it, then drag it to the side.

FFLink13: I don't think he means that.
Sgt.Davi: Do you mean when you press Alt-Tab?

If so, and IIRC, you have to enable the Aero theme to get that, along with glass-effect window chrome (the UI concept, not the browser named after the UI concept (bloody google)) and those little pop-up windows when you hover over app buttons on the taskbar.

But I could be wrong - I'm on XP.

But I do have a Vista install on my (currently borken) PC, so I think that's right...

2008-09-09 13:47:02

#25

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
FFLink13 wrote:
Sgt.Davi wrote:
K worked a treat.

In other news the Windows switcher thing that i used to have has reverted back to the XP style instead of that funky show the windows from the side thingy <_<

Can anyone tell me how to switch it back?
If you mean the explorer bar (Where "start" is located), right click it and unlock it, then drag it to the side.
FFLink13: I don't think he means that.
Sgt.Davi: Do you mean when you press Alt-Tab?

If so, and IIRC, you have to enable the Aero theme to get that, along with glass-effect window chrome (the UI concept, not the browser named after the UI concept (bloody google)) and those little pop-up windows when you hover over app buttons on the taskbar.

But I could be wrong - I'm on XP.

But I do have a Vista install on my (currently borken) PC, so I think that's right...

it's Windows Key + Tab for Flip3D. Alt + Tab on Vista is still the regular Alt + Tab from XP.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

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