Difficult problem with my Alienware 17 and windows 7. Its a big text, but Im worried so will try to be as detailed as possible, hence the size. Ive put a TL;DR in the end though, sorry for the incovenience.
My computer had a bad shutdown, and the windows 7 went into startup repair infinite loop (a reasonably common problem, Ive seen many examples in my google searches).
The thing is, Ive exhausted all options (i believe) to easy fix it. The computer doesnt boot into windows in any way, it always goes straight to startup repair, but I can acess the console, windows system restore, etc.
None of the easy solutions worked (attempts at repair through console, system restore, etc). Im pretty sure I have to reinstall windows and thats ok. Problem is, I cant acess the factory restore in my alienware. I can only press f2 or f12 ( which are setup about booting options, but neither solve anything or lead to factory restore) in the alien screen before windows pops up with system repair loop, Ive also tried pressing f8, f9, f10 upon turning it on trying to reach the magical dell restore thing that I cant find.
Sadly I do not posses alienrespawn, nor recovery disks, so I have to find a way to either get a recovery disk (difficult, since dell doesnt operate in my country) or preferable manage to acess dell restore to factory thing.
Another option would be, for what Ive seen, reeinstalling windows. That would require a windows 7 cd to boot from directly, which I dont have because windows came inside the alienware. Though I suppose I could burn windows 7 to a disk. I cant, however, for the life of me find where the supposed serial number for windows 7 that came with the laptop. Would be nice so I dont have to buy another serial.
TL;DR: alienware 17 wont boot properly, startup repair infinite loop windows 7, cant for the life of me find out how to restore to factory settings since I dont have alienrespawn installed, nor recovery disks, nor the f8 seem to do anything.
Sorry for any bad english, its a second language. Accepting any kind of help, thanks in advance for your time.
My computer had a bad shutdown, and the windows 7 went into startup repair infinite loop (a reasonably common problem, Ive seen many examples in my google searches).
The thing is, Ive exhausted all options (i believe) to easy fix it. The computer doesnt boot into windows in any way, it always goes straight to startup repair, but I can acess the console, windows system restore, etc.
None of the easy solutions worked (attempts at repair through console, system restore, etc). Im pretty sure I have to reinstall windows and thats ok. Problem is, I cant acess the factory restore in my alienware. I can only press f2 or f12 ( which are setup about booting options, but neither solve anything or lead to factory restore) in the alien screen before windows pops up with system repair loop, Ive also tried pressing f8, f9, f10 upon turning it on trying to reach the magical dell restore thing that I cant find.
Sadly I do not posses alienrespawn, nor recovery disks, so I have to find a way to either get a recovery disk (difficult, since dell doesnt operate in my country) or preferable manage to acess dell restore to factory thing.
Another option would be, for what Ive seen, reeinstalling windows. That would require a windows 7 cd to boot from directly, which I dont have because windows came inside the alienware. Though I suppose I could burn windows 7 to a disk. I cant, however, for the life of me find where the supposed serial number for windows 7 that came with the laptop. Would be nice so I dont have to buy another serial.
TL;DR: alienware 17 wont boot properly, startup repair infinite loop windows 7, cant for the life of me find out how to restore to factory settings since I dont have alienrespawn installed, nor recovery disks, nor the f8 seem to do anything.
Sorry for any bad english, its a second language. Accepting any kind of help, thanks in advance for your time.
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