My M14x came with the OS and Alienware Resource discs. I'm not sure but I think that the resource disc has the Alienrespawn on it. I'm not sure though so I may be wrong.
Yeah, I just checked and I appear to have a disk with the full OS (not a recovery CD) as well as a resource disk (to be expected, even if out-of-date).
OP, don't use your resource disk...it will have old versions of the software that might cause issues later. I know some forum users might not have an issue with using what's on the resource disk, but it's quite possible you'll run into issues (while they didn't). Do you have an OS disk that came with the drive? If so, I'd use that to install W7 on the new drive, then go to get the latest software from the various vendors...it'll be quicker to do this and your OS will be fresh.
Also, as promised:
Use this guide to find the install order of the software and drivers and such. ***
*** Note that the URL above caters to M17xR3 owners, but should at least help guide you in the right direction.
Everyone else, chime in if you want to add or refute the above...I don't intend to appear that I know it all (because I don't).
