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MediaDirect v3 Not Installing On Vista

post #1 of 3
2/1/07 at 7:21pm
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I have just upgraded to Vista and my MediaDirect v3 is not installing on Vista. Its gives me an error that this software is not for this system. I am installing on Inspiron 9300. Any help ?
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post #2 of 3
2/4/07 at 10:11pm
dell enginers say a patch for vista and m/d 3 will be out soon they have to make it idiot proof because it rewrites the mbr so they are proceding slowly
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post #3 of 3
2/13/07 at 2:26pm

I got MD3 to work with Vista Ultmate

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Originally Posted by jim6172
dell enginers say a patch for vista and m/d 3 will be out soon they have to make it idiot proof because it rewrites the mbr so they are proceding slowly
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I did the following steps. I did a clean install of Vista Ultimate. After that was done. I used Acronis and image my drive to one of 500 gig external hard drive. I then removed Dell Ghost partition, Since I will not be returning to Winows Xp.

I then downloaded the repair fie that has a Dos batch file in it. I ran the file off the ISO dvd disc that I made
,as per instrctions. I rebooted... BUT I got an error. All I had to do was place the Vista DVD in the DVD drive .. and follow the screen... when I got to te screen that vista ask me if I wanted to repair the MBR. I click yes.

Once that was done ,I install Dell Mediadirect version 3.0 with in Windows. I check the configuration .

Took a deep brealth & test out my M1710.
It worked like a charm
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