Alienware X51 Boot Disc

[Forsaken Path]

Alright, so recently I installed eight windows updates at night.

I went to bed, and apparently that was a bad idea. I left my computer on overnight and when I woke up I turned on my computer (I was half-asleep, and it was eight A.M. and I didn't notice it was even turned off.)

I fell back asleep, and then when I woke up I was greeted by a message along the lines of "Unauthorized Windows Changes." and then, when I press okay on the message, my computer force-shut down.

Booting back up, Start-up repair discovered that I have didn't have a OS Loader, and when I put in my Alienware X51 System Recovery disc, It would get to half a bar, and then I'd get the error code:

0xc0000e9

Which, means a failure of connection to the hard-drive from what I've heard so far.

So, I opened my Alienware X51, and put that Hard-Drive in one of my old computers, in which I was able to boot the disc, and I deleted all the partitions (Since nothing was working.) and installed Windows 7 on that Hard Drive, but the two computers are completely dissimilar.

Now, when I boot my computer it flashes a BSOD with a very long code, and now I get the start-up repair error "Bad Drivers."

I'm running AO3, f.y.I

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

OEM laptops usually have a recovery partition on the hard drive that allows you to rebuild the laptop to its factory default setting. If you've removed the drive and deleted the partitions, there's a good chance that the recovery partition has gone as well.

I'd suggest you format the hard drive and run the recovery disc again. If that still fails, I believe Dell laptops have a hardware diagnostic tool that can be started during POST. If memory serves me well, you need to power down the laptop, hold the Fn key and power it up again. You should see "diagnostic boot selected" at the Dell splash screen and you can let go of the key at this point.

If the diagnostic flags up any problems then you obviously need to raise this with Dell (assuming that your laptop is still within warranty).

 

[Forsaken Path]

This isn't a laptop, it's a desktop @bicycle_repair_man.

Yes, it had a recovery parition but I had to delete that to even run the System Restore disc, finding out that this wouldn't work anyway.

Currently, no it is not still under warranty but I'm curious as to what would make this all happen.

Oh also, because I reset my hard-drive the only user profile I have is my personal profile, and I for some reason can not type in CMD during start-up repair.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

It's difficult to say why this has happened as I've not seen the exact process for myself, but nonetheless, your only option now is to format the hard drive and run the system recovery disc again. If you try to install a different OS, it may not activate.

What you need to establish is if the problem lies within software or hardware. If you format the hard drive and reinstall everything from the recovery disc, then you can crack on and put the problem down to software. If the recovery disc fails during installation, even with a formatted hard drive, then the drive itself (or possibly the SATA cable) is probably dead.