crwdns2936637:0crwdne2936637:0 crwdns2853008:0crwdne2853008:0 crwdns2918746:0crwdne2918746:0

Alienware released the M17x series of laptops on June 2nd, 2009 as the first Alienware/Dell branded system. The M17x 788F is a first generation Alienware/Dell build and comes with an Intel Core 2 quad-core processor and integrated Nvidia GeForce 9400M 256MB graphics processor.

crwdns2934591:04crwdne2934591:0 crwdns2934593:0crwdne2934593:0

crwdns2933897:0crwdne2933897:0

It wont factory reset!?

I tried to factory reset my laptop but every time I try to boot it up, it will just tell me to reset and the cycle would repeat. This started to happen when my laptop was updated to windows 10. why?

crwdns2934081:0crwdne2934081:0 crwdns2934083:0crwdne2934083:0 crwdns2934093:0crwdne2934093:0

crwdns2934109:0crwdne2934109:0

crwdns2853045:0crwdne2853045:0 crwdns2853046:0crwdne2853046:0
crwdns2889612:0crwdne2889612:0 0
crwdns2934285:0crwdne2934285:0

crwdns2933313:01crwdne2933313:0

crwdns2934221:0crwdne2934221:0
crwdns2931211:0crwdne2931211:0 crwdns2931215:0crwdne2931215:0 crwdns2934225:0crwdne2934225:0
crwdns2934051:0crwdne2934051:0

crwdns2933897:0crwdne2933897:0

It wont have a factory reset as such as Windows 10 was NOT installed at the factory.

But you can do it from a USB flash drive as follows:

  • Download the Windows 10 “MediaCreationTool” and make a bootable USB flash drive.

This takes you to the video example for Lenovo:

https://support.lenovo.com/mx/en/videos/...

I believe pressing <F12> (don’t type the angle brackets) during powering on brings up the boot menu for Dell/Alienware .

crwdns2934105:0crwdne2934105:0

crwdns2853045:0crwdne2853045:0 crwdns2853046:0crwdne2853046:0
crwdns2889612:0crwdne2889612:0 1
crwdns2934285:0crwdne2934285:0

crwdns2934229:0crwdne2934229:0

Ohxmas 7o7 crwdns2934231:0crwdne2934231:0
crwdns2936625:0crwdne2936625:0:

crwdns2936751:024crwdne2936751:0 0

crwdns2936753:07crwdne2936753:0 0

crwdns2936753:030crwdne2936753:0 9

crwdns2942667:0crwdne2942667:0 375