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    Getting Rid of Mediadirect For Good

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by truckid, Mar 29, 2008.

  1. truckid

    truckid Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ive been 'playing' with my HDD all day, trying to dualboot Vista and set up acronis etc.

    I have wiped all the partitions and started over, but its obvious Mediadirect is still on MBR, the splashscreen still comes up when the button is press

    What I would like to know, is if I wipe the MBR, will this disable the MD button? What can I do it put it out of action (without breaking the laptop)
     
    truckid, Mar 29, 2008
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  2. frazell

    frazell Notebook Deity

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    If you whipe the partitions n the drive you'll whipe Media Direct.

    You still get the Media Direct logo and all that jazz when you hit the button because Dell put a second BIOS in the computer. That BIOS is designed to load up and boot Media Direct properly all the time. As a result, you can't remove that without potentially breaking the laptop (as you'd probably either have to physically remove a second BIOS chip or dump, modify, and flash back a modded BIOS without it)... The benefits are not worth it...
     
    frazell, Mar 29, 2008
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    Jakpro Notebook Evangelist

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    imar3l Notebook Evangelist

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    tanx jakpro i wa looking 4 this..
     
    imar3l, Mar 30, 2008
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