OS reinstall / download and all software

Hi, 

Which Windows operating system did you have installed? If its Windows 7 or 8/8.1, we no longer have OEM copies. Microsoft stopped supporting these operating systems last year, you may still be able to find copies on third party online stores. 

Due to the complexity of rebuilding your Area-51s operating system, you may need several links and some research time to make it happen, since it isn't a simple matter easy to explain; below represents a good bit of information and links I'd think someone would need, regardless if it seems time-consuming

Your tower has room for 6 hard drives, so next time create or store a backup of your Operating System on a spare hard drive or some other storage media to prevent this in the future (example, clone / image drive using Acronis or Macrium free software). Windows 7 reinstalls can be a 6-12 hour nightmare, so clone / image / backup your new install

• Windows 10 64bit is available from Microsoft.com
• if you need W10, see the driver install order

Windows 7 SP1 64bit is available from multiple sources, either a free or a paid version

• Original Alienware Win7 Service Pack 1 DVDs (home / pro / ultimate) can be found on eBAY sometimes, $15-$50, but are no longer sold by Dell
• All Home | Pro | Ultimate Alienware DVDs install activated (no need for your product key)
• a basic Dell W7 DVD needs to be activated with your product key (search Dell Windows 7 DVD on eBAY)
• when 64bit versions of the DVD are not available, you must play the waiting game til one is

AlienAddict has placed a copy of 7SP1 online for download @AlienArena, it was copied from his genuine DVD

• Original Windows 7 OS???

You will need to manually 'fix' W7 update scans yourself, search online how and why, and see this link

• How to speed up Windows 7 Update scans—forever

Other resources towards a copy of 7/8/10 + installation help

Windows 7 8 10 reinstall guide + links

How to: Clean install Windows 7 (64 bit) on Alienware Desktop

NBR Windows 7 Clean Installation Guide

Alienware Aurora-R1 - Windows-10 Pro Upgrade - Smooth sailing so far.

Driver Support

Post 7 Driver Installation Order:

1. Bios Update (Optional)
2. Chipset Driver
3. Intel Management Engine Controller Driver (not needed)
4. USB 3.0 driver
5. Video Card Driver
a. AMD
b. NVIDIA
6. Network Drivers
a. Broadcom 57XX Gigabit Onboard LAN Driver
b. Killer NIC Cards Drivers
i. Killer 128MB (Optional)
ii. Killer 2100 (Optional)
c. Wireless Card Driver
i. Atheros WLAN 1525 (Optional)
ii. Dell Wireless 1505 (Optional)
iii. Broadcom 4323 (Optional)
d. Bluetooth Driver
i. Dell Bluetooth Module 365 (Optional)
7. Audio Driver
a. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi (Optional)
b. Realtek ALC888 HD Audio
8. JMicron JMB36X RAID Controller Driver
9. Silicon Integrated Systems SIL3132 Driver
10. TV-Tuner Drivers
a. Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1200 (Optional)
b. Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1250 (Optional)
11. Command Center for Desktops
12. AlienFx Media Plug-In