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    media direct

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by dubiousmusic, Jan 15, 2009.

  1. dubiousmusic

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    i have an inspiron e1505 with a dead harddrive. i was wondering if you could run media direct from a flash drive and how would i do this?
     
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    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Nope, can't be done.
     
    Hep!, Jan 15, 2009
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    Just to make sure i was clear i mean run the program media direct. the one that you can run without starting up the os.
     
    dubiousmusic, Jan 15, 2009
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    I know, it's not possible.
    The MD button points to a specific partition on the internal hard drive. This cannot be changed.
     
    Hep!, Jan 15, 2009
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