Posts by MarkMcK

Quote: Originally Posted by WilliamG The more I read about Mediadirect, the more confused I become. Here's the situation: I received the system from Dell, and deleted ALL the partitions visible, and installed XP...

Without killing any processes/functions and playing the longest DVD I could find.... I got between 2 - 2.5 hrs Mark

Odds on you have the wrong CD as it should have automatically detected your specific model [albeit with the 'engineering' ID seen during the BIOS Dell 'splash' screen]. Getting the drop down menu to select from is an indicator that it...

Quote: Originally Posted by NightHawkIX I deleted it using the BIOS tool on the OS Disk during boot. What exactly did you do here, as I haven't seen that function/utility yet.... Would like to know. ...

Yes, either call or on-line chat. Mark

One source would be a Dell Application CD Part Number N7174 hth Mark

Thanks Rob and enjoy your E1505.... I like mine [my first laptop] and I suspect you will too. Cheers Mark

21st Hermit is correct in that MediaDirect is still in the HPA. If you don't want to rewicker your partitions, then I think what you'll need to do is change the sequence of things. Make your D partition first [leaving the space needed...

Quote: Originally Posted by Prosaic Getting MediaDirect working on a new drive is going to require a special MediaDirect reinstall disk. You will also need to have left some room for it when you created your Windows...

Quote: Originally Posted by ihaveabu ...and it's in windows, and i press md, it says dell media center is not working That is normal as you are running XP Pro instead of MCE. From what I've read some folks...