Dell Media Direct 2.0 ... Running on 9300/ ... ... Quote:Originally Posted by zerowindHey this is great info P ...

Pugsly0014 · 04-21-2006, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by zerowind

Hey this is great info Pugsly. Thanks for posting this and the link to the file. Good stuff. I downloaded the file and will try it this weekend and share my findings.

One question though.. My machine's drive is actually split into 3 partitions: The Dell diagnostic partition (A small 45mb FAT partition) My system partiiton (13gb) and the rest to my Programs (~60gb)

I'm also running media center. My boot.ini looks a bit different:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

As you can see there's no mention of ntoskrnl.

Any ideas on how I would go about it on my machine?

Thanks, I'd really like to get this going on my m170.

Thats the boot.ini from your live OS partition. The boot.ini you have to change is the one in the Media Direct 2.0 partition.

DocX36 · 04-27-2006, 10:55 PM

Nice Job Pugsly...
Thx for the info

-Doc X

bestco · 05-01-2006, 09:59 PM

very cool.

Mr. Roboto · 04-21-2006, 12:39 AM

ok, so you got what you call "version 2" to work on your xps/9300?

I tried to get this going on my 6000, think these steps will work?

Dragon_GC · 04-21-2006, 04:08 AM

How about xvid/divx video? Can it be done by Media Direct 2.0. Just intall codecs ?

Pugsly0014 · 04-21-2006, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragon_GC

How about xvid/divx video? Can it be done by Media Direct 2.0. Just intall codecs ?

Woah.. good question, that should work. Then I can watch all my divx porn with it too. Going to have to give that a shot tonight.

Pugsly0014 · 04-21-2006, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by mr. roboto

ok, so you got what you call "version 2" to work on your xps/9300?

I tried to get this going on my 6000, think these steps will work?

Yes... I have version 2 which is the seperate scaled down version of XP media center installed on a seperate partition.

It should work as long as you have the media buttons on the front of the laptop and the machine powers on when you press play when it's turned off.

vize · 04-23-2006, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Pugsly0014

Yes... I have version 2 which is the seperate scaled down version of XP media center installed on a seperate partition.

It should work as long as you have the media buttons on the front of the laptop and the machine powers on when you press play when it's turned off.

Anybody got this working on a 9200. The machine does not power on using the play button for me...so I'm loathe to try.

BIGEE1212 · 04-21-2006, 12:15 PM

thanks for all you've done so far but ive encountered some problems i need help with

i used partition magic and reduced the size of my 60 gb partition by 1.5 gb. i have windows xp installed and installed media direct 2. the installation went well and i turned off the computer. i clicked the play button and i a screen pops up that says Dell Media Direct, i waited for awhile but nothing loaded. i figured after i make the changes with the partition, it would work. so i boot up into erd commander and boot into D:/. following ur instructions, i went to the boot.ini file in c:/ however you told zerowind "Thats the boot.ini from your live OS partition. The boot.ini you have to change is the one in the Media Direct 2.0 partition." His bootini looks similar to mine on the c drive. so i figured u made a mistake in ur instructions and edited the boot ini on the d drive (media direct drive) i changed that boot.ini. Then, when i went to program files,dell, there was no media direct folder, instead there was a media experience folder. however, i located the pcmservice file in that folder. i copied explorer to that folder and changed the names. after turning off my laptop, i pressed play but it gets stuck at the dell media direct screen as before. any solution?

Pugsly0014 · 04-21-2006, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BIGEE1212

thanks for all you've done so far but ive encountered some problems i need help with

i used partition magic and reduced the size of my 60 gb partition by 1.5 gb. i have windows xp installed and installed media direct 2. the installation went well and i turned off the computer. i clicked the play button and i a screen pops up that says Dell Media Direct, i waited for awhile but nothing loaded. i figured after i make the changes with the partition, it would work. so i boot up into erd commander and boot into D:/. following ur instructions, i went to the boot.ini file in c:/ however you told zerowind "Thats the boot.ini from your live OS partition. The boot.ini you have to change is the one in the Media Direct 2.0 partition." His bootini looks similar to mine on the c drive. so i figured u made a mistake in ur instructions and edited the boot ini on the d drive (media direct drive) i changed that boot.ini. Then, when i went to program files,dell, there was no media direct folder, instead there was a media experience folder. however, i located the pcmservice file in that folder. i copied explorer to that folder and changed the names. after turning off my laptop, i pressed play but it gets stuck at the dell media direct screen as before. any solution?

My media direct drive came up as C:\ so thats why I made reference to it. Your correct thou, it should be the boot.ini from the media direct drive.

How far does it get with the media direct screen? Do you see the gray bars scrolling acrost the screen like XP does?

There is a media direct repair download from dell on the E1705 downloads section. It is another ISO file that you can boot from on CD. When it boots you go to the MD2 directory and type repair. IT sounds like your Master boot record isn't updating.

BIGEE1212 · 04-21-2006, 12:30 PM

no i dont get the grey bars, but thanks for the suggestion i will be trying it out soon

BIGEE1212 · 04-21-2006, 12:57 PM

i downloaded the repair utility and i ran it. i turned off my laptop to see if media direct was now working. i clicked the play button and the media direct screen pops up, but only for a second or two, it then goes to a windows loading screen, i figured it worked, but i realized it booted regularly onto my c drive, i logged in and dell media experience opens, i am wondering why it didnt start without booting up windows. i am using media direct 2 and it should work. i am going to try re installing md2.
also here is my edited boot.ini wanted to make sure its ok
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Embedded" /fastdetect /KERNEL=NTOSBOOT.EXE /maxmem=256
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect /KERNEL=NTOSKRNL.EXE /maxmem=256

let me kno if thats good

Pugsly0014 · 04-21-2006, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIGEE1212

i downloaded the repair utility and i ran it. i turned off my laptop to see if media direct was now working. i clicked the play button and the media direct screen pops up, but only for a second or two, it then goes to a windows loading screen, i figured it worked, but i realized it booted regularly onto my c drive, i logged in and dell media experience opens, i am wondering why it didnt start without booting up windows. i am using media direct 2 and it should work. i am going to try re installing md2.
also here is my edited boot.ini wanted to make sure its ok
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Embedded" /fastdetect /KERNEL=NTOSBOOT.EXE /maxmem=256
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect /KERNEL=NTOSKRNL.EXE /maxmem=256

let me kno if thats good

It looks good.. When you press the play button.. does it come up and ask you what OS to load? "Microsoft Windows XP Embedded" or "Windows XP".

It should load windows XP, but just the scaled down one.

Your sure you renamed explorer.exe?

BIGEE1212 · 04-21-2006, 01:02 PM

no it did not ask me i am trying a re install of md2. hopefully it will now work

BIGEE1212 · 04-21-2006, 01:25 PM

ok this time around, i re installed md2. when i loaded erd commander i booted into the C drive becuase my D drive is my md2 installation drive which is the opposite of yours. i changed the boot ini once again. i renamed moved exploreer and renamed it. when i tried to click the play button to boot into md2, the same thing is happening, i am loading into regular windows (with the blue loading bar) and dell media expereince is loading upon login. i am thinking it is a problem with my boot ini problem and i am not editing it properly.

quick question: When u first tried to boot up md2 before u edited the partition with erd commander, how did it boot up what exactly happened?

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05-01-2006, 09:59 PM	#3
bestco Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 30 Credits: -339	very cool.

04-21-2006, 12:15 PM	#9
BIGEE1212 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 797 Credits: 2,228	thanks for all you've done so far but ive encountered some problems i need help with i used partition magic and reduced the size of my 60 gb partition by 1.5 gb. i have windows xp installed and installed media direct 2. the installation went well and i turned off the computer. i clicked the play button and i a screen pops up that says Dell Media Direct, i waited for awhile but nothing loaded. i figured after i make the changes with the partition, it would work. so i boot up into erd commander and boot into D:/. following ur instructions, i went to the boot.ini file in c:/ however you told zerowind "Thats the boot.ini from your live OS partition. The boot.ini you have to change is the one in the Media Direct 2.0 partition." His bootini looks similar to mine on the c drive. so i figured u made a mistake in ur instructions and edited the boot ini on the d drive (media direct drive) i changed that boot.ini. Then, when i went to program files,dell, there was no media direct folder, instead there was a media experience folder. however, i located the pcmservice file in that folder. i copied explorer to that folder and changed the names. after turning off my laptop, i pressed play but it gets stuck at the dell media direct screen as before. any solution?

04-21-2006, 12:30 PM	#11
BIGEE1212 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 797 Credits: 2,228	no i dont get the grey bars, but thanks for the suggestion i will be trying it out soon

04-21-2006, 12:57 PM	#12
BIGEE1212 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 797 Credits: 2,228	i downloaded the repair utility and i ran it. i turned off my laptop to see if media direct was now working. i clicked the play button and the media direct screen pops up, but only for a second or two, it then goes to a windows loading screen, i figured it worked, but i realized it booted regularly onto my c drive, i logged in and dell media experience opens, i am wondering why it didnt start without booting up windows. i am using media direct 2 and it should work. i am going to try re installing md2. also here is my edited boot.ini wanted to make sure its ok [boot loader] timeout=10 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Embedded" /fastdetect /KERNEL=NTOSBOOT.EXE /maxmem=256 multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect /KERNEL=NTOSKRNL.EXE /maxmem=256 let me kno if thats good

04-21-2006, 01:02 PM	#14
BIGEE1212 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 797 Credits: 2,228	no it did not ask me i am trying a re install of md2. hopefully it will now work

04-21-2006, 01:25 PM	#15
BIGEE1212 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 797 Credits: 2,228	ok this time around, i re installed md2. when i loaded erd commander i booted into the C drive becuase my D drive is my md2 installation drive which is the opposite of yours. i changed the boot ini once again. i renamed moved exploreer and renamed it. when i tried to click the play button to boot into md2, the same thing is happening, i am loading into regular windows (with the blue loading bar) and dell media expereince is loading upon login. i am thinking it is a problem with my boot ini problem and i am not editing it properly. quick question: When u first tried to boot up md2 before u edited the partition with erd commander, how did it boot up what exactly happened?