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MediaDirect is no go!

post #1 of 6
1/23/07 at 5:44pm
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I have a E1705 (bought last April). The first time I used MediaDirect, it gave me the "will take shorter" screen and everything was dandy. After I restarted, however, no amount of pushing the button would make the MediaDirect screen show up(I've been stuck without it for months!). Yes, I did try the fix that is on Dell's website, and still nothing.
FYI, I uninstalled Windows becasue I hate all the crap Dell puts on their machines.
I actually don't care about MediaDirect, but I would like it to work in case I'm going to sell my lappy.
Thanks in advance!
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post #2 of 6
1/24/07 at 3:36am
When you reinstalled Windows you msy have destoryed the special partition where MediaDirect resides, and/or the special Dell boot record required to boot the MediaDirect partition.

AgentEE7
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post #3 of 6
1/24/07 at 2:20pm
if you look around you can find the isos for Media Direct 2. I think you'll need both the reinstallation disc and the repair discs.

Personally, I ditched MediaDirect altogether, as it was a waste 1.5gb of space, and its limitations in format made it pretty much useless to me.
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post #4 of 6
1/24/07 at 7:53pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AgentEE7
When you reinstalled Windows you msy have destoryed the special partition where MediaDirect resides, and/or the special Dell boot record required to boot the MediaDirect partition.

AgentEE7
I forgot to mention that I did not touch that partition and I used the program that Dell has to fix the MBR.
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post #5 of 6
1/24/07 at 9:51pm
Do a Google search for the Media Direct 3 ISO torrent file. I downloaded it last night, and installed it this morning. The only problem I've encountered so far is the Outlook add-in. Just run the C:\Program Files\Dell\MediaDirect\OLAddin\OLAddin.msi to remove the add-in if you do have Outlook.
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post #6 of 6
1/31/07 at 12:24am
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I've tried everything I can think of...using the MBR fixer and reintalling MediaDirect 2 via the file someone linked from here. Yet nothing....I found the MediaDirect 3 torrent(after much work), so I'm going to try to install that.
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