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    HMM IS THIS HARMFUL? plz help

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lucirz, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. lucirz

    lucirz Notebook Consultant

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    i just recently reformatted my dell 1520 as i noticed it was kinda sluggish. when i reformatted i noticed that there were 3 partitions. 1 being the main partition, another one for media direct, and a third one. i didnt like media direct and did not want to use it so i deleted the main partition and the partition with the media direct in it, leaving the third partition untouched, so now i have just two partitions....IS DELETING THE MEDIA DIRECT PARTITION HARMFUL OR DANGEROUS? cause i noticed that everytime i play a game, my hardrive make continous clciking noise and it wasnt doing that b4 the reformat...or maby is it just my HD?
     
    lucirz, Mar 26, 2008
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  2. schoko

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    partitioning the hdd is not harmful. you did alright. about the clicking noise and some solutions there are already quite some threads in this forum.
    please do a quick search.

    so don´t be afraid, you did nothing wrong.
     
    schoko, Mar 26, 2008
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  3. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Media Direct just won't work without its own partition, but no it would not cause any harm to your system.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 26, 2008
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  4. L.Rawlins

    L.Rawlins Notebook Evangelist

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    The worst that could happen is you could end up with a functionless Media Direct button above the keyboard. But if you search these boards, you should reveal several experimental threads that document ways to re-assign that button to something more productive for you.

    Fear not. :)
     
    L.Rawlins, Mar 26, 2008
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Affirmative. I deleted both my MD partition and my Dell Recovery partition (not to be confused with Dell Utility partition). ;)
     
    pixelot, Mar 26, 2008
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  6. lucirz

    lucirz Notebook Consultant

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    i posted a post b4 abou tmy hd noise and most of the solutions dont work...gay dell prob gave me a defective HD...
     
    lucirz, Mar 27, 2008
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    Call Dell and ask them to replace your hard drive. Whining about it here won't help anything.
     
    smd58tx, Mar 27, 2008
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