Posts by dg1261

Easiest way is just as you said--plug it into a desktop. You'll need a small adapter like this, which may be available at places like Fry's Electronics or mailordered through various online outlets. Get one if you're going to use the...

"I have a copy of Partition Magic 8, and I don't seen to have that partition table editor illustrated on your site."It's on the PM CD in the \utility\dos folder, it doesn't get "installed" to your hard disk. How...

See my webpage: Inside the Dell Utility Partition. Dan Goodell

Dan.. Thank you so much for your contribution with the DSR issues and the work you did on DSRFIX.You're welcome. I'm glad people are finding it useful. I was successful in restoring a PARTITION IMAGE to recreate a DSR Partition and...

"Can I somehow backup this hidded partition to a DVD and make the DVD bootable?" To copy just the Ghost image, see my webpage. Note that newer laptops equipped with Ghost 10 and the "D: [Backup]" partition will not...

I have both a CPiA and a C600. The memory is not interchangeable. In addition to different speed requirements, the SODIMMS are physically different dimensions. The hard disks are compatible, but the CPiA uses a caddy and the C600...

"I was able to get it to see the full but it wont boot into windows (goes straight to MD)."The MD boot would have left the MD partition as the 'active' partition. To get XP to boot you need to change the active partition to...

It shouldn't matter how you get out of MediaDirect. You could just shut down MediaDirect as you normally would. The key is to not let the Dell MBR run or it will remove the MD descriptor from the partition table. As long as you don't...

It is very difficult, and requires an intimate understanding of the Dell MBR. There are essentially three issues you have to deal with:The HPA is normally hidden, and even when MediaDirect is run the HPA is exposed in...

Quote: Originally Posted by MarkMcK If I'm following you correctly, I'd think using Windows "Repair" and the fixmbr function would take care of the Dell boot code. Yes, it does. I reviewed the...