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Well, there goes the restore
12 years ago
I started the Alienware Respawn process by putting in the Alienware boot CD.
That worked fine.
When the Ghost screen came up, signalling you need to put in the Alienware Image CD, I did.
And heard a weird grinding sound coming from the CDrom.
The plastic retaining clip that holds CDs steady in the drive had popped loose, so a disk couldn't be held securely, and the Respawn process couldn't be completed.
As frustrating as it is, it looks like I might be stuck contacting Alienware and sending the whole laptop in for service. That's going to seriously suck if it turns out to be expensive.
Edit: Thursday I will instead just take out the CD/DVD drive, and see if I can get that specific model ordered. If it's the exact model the drivers shouldn't be a problem, and I should be able to do the restore after popping it in.
Edit 2: Agents of SHIELD is a repeat tonight, so I popped the drive out and looked up its model, just to see if it could be found cheaply online.
Found it on ebay for $16 (used).
I'm rolling the dice on the used product and I just purchased it. Should be here by Saturday.
That worked fine.
When the Ghost screen came up, signalling you need to put in the Alienware Image CD, I did.
And heard a weird grinding sound coming from the CDrom.
The plastic retaining clip that holds CDs steady in the drive had popped loose, so a disk couldn't be held securely, and the Respawn process couldn't be completed.
As frustrating as it is, it looks like I might be stuck contacting Alienware and sending the whole laptop in for service. That's going to seriously suck if it turns out to be expensive.
Edit: Thursday I will instead just take out the CD/DVD drive, and see if I can get that specific model ordered. If it's the exact model the drivers shouldn't be a problem, and I should be able to do the restore after popping it in.
Edit 2: Agents of SHIELD is a repeat tonight, so I popped the drive out and looked up its model, just to see if it could be found cheaply online.
Found it on ebay for $16 (used).
I'm rolling the dice on the used product and I just purchased it. Should be here by Saturday.
Good luck with the used drive. I hope it works for you.