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Restoring Windows.old Folder After Win7 Reinstall
My cousin is borrowing her son's laptop, an Alienware M15X.
While her son was using the computer, he deleted various productivity programs (Word, etc.), because he's using it only for gaming.
My cousin was trying to get those programs back, and oops!, put in the wrong DVD...the Alienware Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit reinstall disc.
For whatever reason, she allowed the reinstall to go through, and now she has a new, blank desktop, and it's apparently missing video drivers (VGA display), networking drivers (no wireless networking) and who knows what else.
Her old stuff is still on the computer in the Windows.old folder.
I imagine her son's original setup is gone, but she'd at very least like to get back to regular video display (no drivers), working WiFi, and whatever programs she had before her son zapped them. (There is an Alienware "Resource Disc", would the factory programs be there?)
She'd also like her stuff in Windows.old back in a place she can use.
We saw articles about restoring Windows.old, but the DVD drive isn't autobooting. We manually booted the DVD and started the process, but the "Repair" option is missing. We're worried another reinstall A) will take us back to where we were and B) if it'd wipe out Windows.old.
Any help...or any point-to-the-right-direction...would very much be appreciated. I think I hit the wall on this one...