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    Reassign MediaDirect Button to Dualboot another OS, and win Kiera Knightly!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by joebusby, Sep 27, 2007.

  1. joebusby

    joebusby Notebook Consultant

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    If anyone can work out how to reassign the Dell MediaDirect button to boot to a second OS - be it Ubuntu, XP, or more or less anything, I can supply the other half of the bargain!

    Rep to 00111!
     
    joebusby, Sep 27, 2007
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  2. chelet

    chelet Notebook Deity

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    chelet, Sep 27, 2007
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  3. Kwakkel

    Kwakkel Weirdo

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    I'd like to see your part of the bargain first please :p
     
    Kwakkel, Sep 27, 2007
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  4. joebusby

    joebusby Notebook Consultant

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    I don't have a seperate MediaDirect Partition - just my OS and the Recovery Partition.
     
    joebusby, Sep 27, 2007
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  5. Tex1ntux

    Tex1ntux Notebook Consultant

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    Actually, you do have an MD partition, it just likes to hide itself.

    But it can't hide from Linux....
    Muahahaha (gparted).
     
    Tex1ntux, Sep 27, 2007
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  6. joebusby

    joebusby Notebook Consultant

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    I see. 2.50Gb.
     
    joebusby, Sep 27, 2007
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    000111 Atari Master

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    she wants YOU to figure this out! post a guide, get some rep.
     
    000111, Sep 27, 2007
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    Intelman Notebook Geek

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    Can I just disable the button. If I have just Vista installed, if I accidentally press that media direct button, it messes up the MBR, then I have to format.
     
    Intelman, Sep 27, 2007
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  9. Tex1ntux

    Tex1ntux Notebook Consultant

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    You don't have to reformat, just fix the MBR by booting the Vista install disc, selecting repair, and typing this in the command prompt:

    bootrec /fixmbr
     
    Tex1ntux, Sep 27, 2007
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  10. oresteez

    oresteez Notebook Consultant

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    Keira Knightly now or Keira from like 4 years ago....
    Ugh, someone give that skinny biatch a sandwich.
     
    oresteez, Sep 27, 2007
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    Or turn the computer off and press the Media Direct button again... Media Direct will then fix the MBR for you...
     
    frazell, Sep 27, 2007
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