I have a few questions and issues at the moment. I had my alienware 18 serviced for a new HDD and SSD a few hours ago and now I am stuck with a $4000 bulky 12lb paperweight.
Issues:
1. When booted from the USB supplied I receive a "no boot disk" error.
2. Was able to install the OS with the DVDs supplied with a fresh partition on the SSD. However frameworks won't download and it's throwing a wrench in updating my drivers.
3. Just plain unsure how to proceed with the partitioning of the drives. I'm assuming it's probably the same as my desktop... but that leads to the questions below.
4. I've seen some of the guides on the support page but I haven't seen anything with a SSD and HDD setup.
Questions:
1. Is there a guide out there I can use to reinstall windows to a fresh HDD and SSD for an alienware laptop?
2. Do I need to manually configure my hard drives for a SSD and HDD format? (I am familiar with setting it since I had done it for my custom desktop but I want to know if this may or may not happen automatically somewhere or somehow?)
3. Is there a guide for question 2?
This thing has been a headache since day one with it's random lockups and just want to have it operating properly for once. When you have a deadline, no access to your desktop due to location, and a device that locks up around 5-20 times in an hour randomly... The frustration.
Thanks in advance. Hope to hear from you guys soon.