Media Direct 3 and vista rtm

so far the only way i have been able to get m/d 3 to work in vista semi correctly is when you do an upgrade from xp, no fresh insyall
has anyone figured out how to install m/d 3 from scratch in vista rtm?
jim
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I can't get Media Direct 3 to even install with Vista. I try to boot up using the Media Direct CD and it won't even load it.

 

ditto but if you load everything in xp (after formatting with media direct 3) then upgrade to vista everything works
so far i have not been able to load either 2 or m/d 3 in vista in a clean install either i hope someone finds a fix, (dell)
jim

 

What do you mean after formatting with Md3? I can't even get the disc to load.

 

when you bootm the notebook and see the bios screen hit f12 choose boot device cd rom boot off of the media direct cd choose option 1 format whole drive it will create 3 partitions then install xp on the largest partition after install of xp then run media direct 3
CAUTION back up all important data first or it will be lost
after you get xp loaded with all drivers and media direct you can upgrade to vista and media direct will work
hope this helps
jim

 

I guess I am having similar issues. I just installed Vista Ultimate over the weekend and I was not able to take the upgrade path from XP Media Center Edition 2005 so I had to do a clean install. When i went through setting up the partitions I left the Media Direct Partition and it is still accessible if the machine is turned off I just cannot access it through vista. Can I just install the windows portion of media direct? Also can anyone tell me what Media Experience is, Dell had sent me those disks as well. Also I can't seem to load any dell utilities in Vista and having issues do installs on some other apps.

 

windows xp media center will upgrade to home premium not ultimate as far as media experience as far as i can tell it is cyberlink cine player dell version media direct will not install on a clean install of vista but will work on upgrade ive been working on this with dell email support for 2 weeks and have not gotten any answers as to a fix the only utility listed on dell site is quickset and diags some drivers exist you just have to check
jim

 

I have installed Vista Ultimate using the ISO I got through MSDN. I was only able to do a full clean install of vista no upgrade possible. When I redid the partitions I left the Media Direct partition and it still functions, I am just missing the windows software piece does anyone know if I reinstall through windows will it work or do I have to undo everything or will dell even know?

 

I just installed media direct from the media direct dvd ("for reinstalling dell mediadirect3" disk). just browse to windowsmd3 folder and start with setup.exe. it will install fine and work.

unfortunately for me my md3 boot partition is not working. apparently it only works when upgrading from xp (after wiping, repartitioning with md3 disk above and installation of xp and then upgrade with vista). hope there will be an easier solution soon.

 

so far that is it m/d 3 does work if you upgrade i think dell techs are gonna have their hands full by the first of feburary,

 

I’m sure DELL will put out a MD repair tool for Vista when they start shipping Vista preinstalled notebooks.