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    Dell media direct setup

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by dhunziker, May 21, 2007.

  1. dhunziker

    dhunziker Newbie

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    Hello,

    My dell inspiron e1405 (the 14.1" model) was purchased about 8 months and has been working like a dream for basic tasks, but I cannot seem to get the media direct function to work. The cause of this is actually my fault, i reformatted the laptop as soon as i got it right after purchasing and attempted (but failed) to correctly re-setup the media direct function and just eventually gave up.


    Thanks for any assistance possible! I would really like to get this baby running as it should before my 24+ hours of traveling coming up in a couple of weeks!
     
    dhunziker, May 21, 2007
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  2. WackyT

    WackyT Notebook Deity

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    Do you know if you have MediaDirect 2 or 3?
    Do you have a copy of the MediaDirect Reinstall disc?
     
    WackyT, May 21, 2007
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  3. dhunziker

    dhunziker Newbie

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    I do not have the reinstall disk. I asked dell for all the software and they never sent it to me so I decided to come here before spending tons of time trying to deal with them again.
     
    dhunziker, May 21, 2007
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  4. WackyT

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    Have you tried the MediaDirect 2 repair utility you can download from Dell?
     
    WackyT, May 21, 2007
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  5. dhunziker

    dhunziker Newbie

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    no i have not. You previously asked what version of mediadirect i have -- i dont know. Is this a hardware linked thing, and if so how do i find out what I have?
     
    dhunziker, May 21, 2007
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  6. WackyT

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    I'd probably say the best place for you to find it is on your original build sheet available at Dell.com.
     
    WackyT, May 21, 2007
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  7. dhunziker

    dhunziker Newbie

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    alright, thanks for the input wacky!
     
    dhunziker, May 21, 2007
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    Make sure you don't run the MediaDirect 2 repair utility on a MD 3 installation. It will render your Windows drive unbootable and you will either have to reinstall Windows or manually rewrite the boot table.
     
    sc32valve, May 21, 2007
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