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    Media Direct Question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lilredfoxie, May 23, 2006.

  1. lilredfoxie

    lilredfoxie Notebook Evangelist

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    Ive read posts about the Media Direct repair tool messing up peoples hard drives when they use it after reinstalling windows. But what if I reinstall windows and leave the paritions how they are, will it run properly or still screw up
     
    lilredfoxie, May 23, 2006
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  2. MarkMcK

    MarkMcK Notebook Evangelist

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    fwiw.... Here's an overview.

    The short version -- If you reinstall windows in the original system partition leaving the Dell partitions alone, all you need to do is perform the MediaDirect 2.0 Repair.

    Most MediaDirect problems during a reinstall are occuring due to folks deleting the Dell Utility [~40-80MB] partition. This gets the partition table 'out of alignment' and a Repair isn't smart enough to handle the change.... corrupting the boot.

    hth

    Mark
     
    MarkMcK, May 23, 2006
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