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    Okay, trying this again, anyone got any suggestions

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by socarwolverine, Jul 7, 2006.

  1. socarwolverine

    socarwolverine Notebook Consultant

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    Okay I uninstalled norton ghost, and combined the D: partition with the rest of my C: drive. Media Direct still works and all, but now it can't find any files when windows isn't booted. Another poster recommended I push F8 before MediaDirect loads, but it does nothing for me, just continues to load MediaDirect... anyone got any suggestions.
     
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    Amber Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    how about repeatedly pushing f8 even when MediaDirect starts to boot up?

    Also, is your music and files located in the normal directories of "My Music, My Pictures" etc... or do you have them located somewhere else.
     
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    MarkMcK Notebook Evangelist

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    As SoutherGirl says, you need to press/tap the F8 key during the MediaDirect boot. I've heard of varying success with this, so would be interested to know if it does any good....

    Mark
     
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    socarwolverine Notebook Consultant

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    okay, i'll try repeatedly pressing F8, and yes all my music i'm lookin for is in the my music foler
     
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    Hey, I just did the F8 thing, and deleted the restoration data for media direct and voila it works, thanks guys.
     
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