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    Upgraded to MD3, can't go back to MD2...any ideas?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gohanssjn, May 1, 2007.

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    gohanssjn Notebook Evangelist

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    I upgraded MD2 to MD3 a long time ago on my 1210. Like maybe 6 months ago. Well, now I am trying everything I can think of to get my 1210 to boot Ubuntu by hitting the MediaDirect Button to power on. I think this will be easier with MD2.

    Any ideas? Could I 0 out the drive or something, or did the upgrade alter something in the hardware? Just curious, looking for ANY ideas.
     
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    gohanssjn Notebook Evangelist

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    Hmmm, I have changed my stance slightly. Instead, is there a good program to just Clear the drive and the HPA, so it's like I just got a new harddrive?
     
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    Ok, found a tool call Kill Disk. I'll report any progress I have if I can manipulate the MD button to boot Ubuntu.
     
    gohanssjn, May 1, 2007
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    gohanssjn,

    Were you able to reinstall MediaDirect2 and boot Ubuntu with the MediaDirect Button?
     
    c5f8, Jul 9, 2007
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