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    Question on Media Direct Repair Utility

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bestco, May 9, 2006.

  1. bestco

    bestco Notebook Consultant

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    I have a problem with booting from Media Direct Repair Utility CD.

    By following SoutherGirl's reinstallation guide, I did a clean reinstallation but kept the 40MB Media Direct partition. After I finished installing WinXP MCE, I downloaded the Media Direct Repair Utility from from Dell site, then I burned the Media Direct Repair Utility file R121517 to a CD with Nero, put it into the DVD drive, reboot computer and hit F12, selected CD/DVD and pressed Enter....nothing happened, the laptop didn't boot from CD and went straight to desktop.

    Next, I extracted all the files from the downloaded Media Direct Repair Utility file R121517 and burned them to a CD, put it in the DVD drive, reboot and hit F12, selected CD/DVD and pressed Enter, again nothing happened, and it boot straight to desktop just like before.

    Why didn't it boot from the DVD drive? Did I burn the CD incorrectly? Anyone?
     
    bestco, May 9, 2006
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  2. davejohn

    davejohn Notebook Guru

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    With Nero did you select "Record Image" when you burned the CD? Just dragging the ISO file (or the extracted files) and burning a data disk won't work as you don't get the boot sector.

    Dave
     
    davejohn, May 9, 2006
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  3. MarkMcK

    MarkMcK Notebook Evangelist

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    ISORecorder V2 for XP SP2 can be used if you like or can't get Nero to cooperate.... Although it sounds like davejohn is heading you in the right direction.

    Mark
     
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  4. bestco

    bestco Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, guys! I was able to burn the CD successfully!
     
    bestco, May 9, 2006
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