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    M1330 Vista Reinstall

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by haxr4hire, Nov 19, 2007.

  1. haxr4hire

    haxr4hire Newbie

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    Hi, I'm trying to reinstall my XPS M1330 with Dell MediaDirect 3.3 and Windows Visa Home Premium. I understand how i pop in the MD3 cd and flow the instructions then the Vista CD and then the MD3... my question is that there are always 3 partions... i have 120GB HDD and understand that not all 120 is avaliabe. but when i use the MD3 cd the maximum i can do for the C:\ drive is 98GB. Then when i get to the vista install i see there is a 98GB partions 11GB partion and a 2GB partion.

    the 2GB partion is for the MD3. and the 98GB is from what MD3 cd let me select for the C:\ drive. So where did the 11GB partion come from?

    I am thinking it is the Dell Recovery partion. so i tried install vista without MD3 and delete all partions and install vista on one partion. and i reinstalled MD3 and vista and the 11GB partion was still there.

    can some one please tell me what is this 11GB partion and how can i get rid of it?

    Thank You.
     
    haxr4hire, Nov 19, 2007
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    haxr4hire Newbie

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    Solved...
    Select option 1 instead of option 2 in media direct install
     
    haxr4hire, Nov 19, 2007
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    Freelancer332 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, select the first option which puts all avaliable hard drive space on C
     
    Freelancer332, Nov 19, 2007
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