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    Can I skip Media Direct when reinstalling?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by riffola, Aug 8, 2008.

  1. riffola

    riffola Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am not sure its features are for me. I can always boot to Vista and use Irfanview or some other software to get all the functionality of Media Direct.

    So can I skip installing it when I wipe everything out and install Vista Ultimate?
     
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    Forte NBR's Supreme Angel

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    Yes, you can do that. :)
    Just insert your Vista Ultimate Disk first instead of the Mediadirect disc.
     
    Forte, Aug 8, 2008
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    riffola Notebook Enthusiast

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    Excellent, thanks!
     
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    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    What about the self destruct button?
     
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    the media direct physical button?

    if u press it without MD installed as a partition, it'll boot to the next OS(Vista) installed on ur system

    pressing MD button in Vista... it'll open the MD program in Vista, or do nothing(u can change the button to open other programs eg firefox)
     
    paper_wastage, Aug 8, 2008
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