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post #121 of 444
4/25/06 at 11:35am
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Originally Posted by tentonine
To see which services are currently running, you can use autoruns from http://www.sysinternals.com.
Just uncheck the box to stop a service from loading (note: for the settings to take effect, remember to restart Media Direct rather than just going into hibernate).
About network drives. I think that, if you map a network drive, it will probably show up in Media Experience. If it doesn't, let me know and I will advise on a registry setting that might fix that.
If you do decide to do this, I suggest that you use a firewall to block all ports except for those needed for file sharing across your network - I think internet access is a bad idea because it is almost certain that you will eventually get viruses/spyware, etc without any Windows updates (any Windows Updates almost defeat the point of this partition - if you have to worry about updating it and restarting it, there is no time saved from not loading up your normal Windows XP installation).
You're probably right about the networking thing. I was just seeing how far I could take it. I'll try the service thing and see what i can do I'm also thinking of going back to default of 1.3gb partition. I always just like to see how far I can push something
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post #122 of 444
4/25/06 at 11:41am
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Originally Posted by hanjlee
So according to the modified instructions at the beginning, we don't need the ERD thing any more?
No.. ERD disk not needed any longer due to copying over taskmgr.exe and useing ctrl-alt-del to bring up task manager and run explorer.
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post #123 of 444
4/25/06 at 12:14pm
Anybody knows if we can use a Remote with MD2.

Like the K750i Phone, it has a Bluetooth Remote funktion.

Any Ideas?
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post #124 of 444
4/25/06 at 5:19pm
The Media Direct Installation is just a Windows XP installation with a few things missing, but anything can be put back in if you want it. Bluetooth support appears to have been left in, as the bluetooth service is running by default. You should be able to install any additional drivers that you need without problems. If there are any files missing, you should be able to copy them over from your main Windows XP installation.
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post #125 of 444
4/25/06 at 5:39pm
I would like to try this out

can someone post the exact things todo now? Just browsing through the posts, i see there have been changes. I dont want to screw anything up while im doing this

thanks!
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post #126 of 444
4/25/06 at 5:44pm
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Originally Posted by nickspohn
I would like to try this out

can someone post the exact things todo now? Just browsing through the posts, i see there have been changes. I dont want to screw anything up while im doing this

thanks!
I updated the OP so the steps on the first page are correct.
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post #127 of 444
4/25/06 at 5:51pm
we dont have to reformat in order to do this, right?

Im confused on some of the steps
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post #128 of 444
4/25/06 at 6:01pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by nickspohn
we dont have to reformat in order to do this, right?

Im confused on some of the steps
No.. you just need to get partition magic and shrink your partition so there is 1.5GB of free space at the end of the drive.
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post #129 of 444
4/25/06 at 7:41pm
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Originally Posted by Pugsly0014
No.. you just need to get partition magic and shrink your partition so there is 1.5GB of free space at the end of the drive.
Hey Pugsly you may be leaving an impressing in you steps that alll you need is 1.5GB free in the C: Drive to install MD2. I also believed that was the way to install it. You should say 1.5GB of unallocated unpartitioned space after the C: partition.

Just a suggestion. But thanks for all your work. I just absolutely love the way my M170 laptop is right now. Notebookforums.com rocks

Without this forum I would of never found out how to overclock my M170 7800 Go GTX Video card. I spent almost a whole weekend alone trying to figure out why I couldn't get coolbits to keep my overclock settings. Thinking it was something in the Power Quickset settings or some other Dell software. I was so close to reinstalling my OS. So I did a google search for M170 overclock and wala a forum on how to overclock the video card with a video BIOS flash. And now I got MD2 this forum kicks ass!!!
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post #130 of 444
4/25/06 at 9:37pm
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No.. you just need to get partition magic and shrink your partition so there is 1.5GB of free space at the end of the drive.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
Does anyone have any experience with NTFSResize utility for doing this...????

Mark
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post #131 of 444
4/26/06 at 12:23am
I just did this and it's cool, but I don't know if I'm going to keep it. I use XP Home and it boots just about as fast as MD2. I have a guest account made on my laptop for easy access to the DVD player. Hmmm. I'll have to try this and see if I like it. Mad props to Pugs! I learned a little about winxp and taskmgr today...
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post #132 of 444
4/26/06 at 5:18am
rallycobra..although MD2 is slow to start up the first couple of times while you are still installing drivers, it will start up very quickly every time after that if you quit it by pressing the exit button in Media Direct, as it just puts the computer into hibernate.

Has anyone tried mapping a network drive yet? (note: you may have to shut down and restart media direct after mapping the drive before it takes effect). As long as there is a firewall running to block all internet traffic, connecting to a network for MP3/video access should be no problem.

I don't see why NTFSResize would not work. I think everyone just talks about Partition Magic because it is better known.
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post #133 of 444
4/26/06 at 7:27am
I really want a version that plays DVDs, etc and doesn't drain the battery so fast. Like my Averatec 6400... then again, the averatec had a seperate chipset for dvd playing.
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post #134 of 444
4/26/06 at 11:35am
Unfortunately, you are unlikely to notice any battery life difference over Windows XP with all power saving options enabled.
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post #135 of 444
4/26/06 at 4:41pm
Just a note about the MD install stage: If you already have a drive mapped as X:, Y: or Z:, you should disconnect from it or move it to another drive letter until the installer is done. I keep a few network shares on X:, Y: and Z:, and while the installer did successfully create the partition on my drive, it proceeded to copy all of the files to my network share.

Disk Management showed the new partition as X:, but when you went there in Explorer, it was still mapped to the network. I had to run the MD installation all over again.

I made my partition modification by Googling for free NTFS resizing utilities. Found a Linux-based LiveCD that did the job after a 30 MB download ISO. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
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post #136 of 444
4/26/06 at 5:04pm
It's only drive X you need to worry about...the installer only uses X.
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post #137 of 444
4/26/06 at 6:28pm
Help me please. I have three partitions. 1st = C with XP Windows Pro, 2nd = D with all data, and 3rd = 2GB unpartitioned unformatted space for this DM2.0. I inserted the CD but then it didn't do anything other than showing the blue logo screen. What should I do? Do I need to click on some files on the CD or...? Please help me. I would like to install this program on my INS9300.

I am just confused. Maybe i am doing something wrong. Please let me know.

Thanks for any help.
L
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post #138 of 444
4/26/06 at 6:47pm
Did you press enter when prompted to do so?
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post #139 of 444
4/26/06 at 6:53pm
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Originally Posted by hanjlee
Help me please. I have three partitions. 1st = C with XP Windows Pro, 2nd = D with all data, and 3rd = 2GB unpartitioned unformatted space for this DM2.0. I inserted the CD but then it didn't do anything other than showing the blue logo screen. What should I do? Do I need to click on some files on the CD or...? Please help me. I would like to install this program on my INS9300.

I am just confused. Maybe i am doing something wrong. Please let me know.

Thanks for any help.
L

Just to be sure.... The Reinstallation Utility is run from Windows and not DOS/reboot....

Mark
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post #140 of 444
4/26/06 at 7:07pm
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Originally Posted by hanjlee
Help me please. I have three partitions. 1st = C with XP Windows Pro, 2nd = D with all data, and 3rd = 2GB unpartitioned unformatted space for this DM2.0. I inserted the CD but then it didn't do anything other than showing the blue logo screen. What should I do? Do I need to click on some files on the CD or...? Please help me. I would like to install this program on my INS9300.

I am just confused. Maybe i am doing something wrong. Please let me know.

Thanks for any help.
L
Hey hanjlee

You need to copy all files off the data drive and back it up to your C: or external hard drive. Delete the Data Drive partition. Run the MD20 install again, when the MD autorun logo runs all you have to do is press enter. After the installation create your data drive partition and copy your stuff back to it.
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