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    Lost Dell Media Direct - can I re-install without Formatting?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Chrisoldinho, May 23, 2008.

  1. Chrisoldinho

    Chrisoldinho Newbie

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    As per the post title, I won't bore you with how this came about but in a nutshell I deleted the Dell Media Direct Partition.

    I still have the EISA partition at the start of the disk.

    What I need to know is if it's possible to re-partition the 2-3GB space or whatever for Dell Media Direct then re-install it without having to do a fresh install of Vista.

    I thought about doing a Ghost backup of my drive onto my NAS server and then copying it back across after doing the re-partitioning but wasn't sure if it would then re-write the partition table again as it previously was...

    What should I do?

    Thanks, Chris.
     
    Chrisoldinho, May 23, 2008
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  2. bongski55

    bongski55 Notebook Enthusiast

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    from experience you can't reinstall mediadirect without reformating. also mediadirect will no longer work if you reinstall xp or vista if you
     
    bongski55, May 23, 2008
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  3. ifti

    ifti Undiscovered

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    Looks like a re-install mate.
    Exactly why I dont bother with MD!
     
    ifti, May 23, 2008
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