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    m1330 Dell MediaDirect problem

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by chuudat, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. chuudat

    chuudat Notebook Enthusiast

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    i decided to try the mediacenter, so i pressed the house key, and it booted up the mediadirect. However, it couldnt access my harddrive cuz bitlocker was on, so it shut off.

    So i tried to boot up the system, (pressing the bootup power key) but it boots up media direct. I cant access windows as it keeps on booting up media direct.

    Anyone know whats up?


    EDIT: Wow..... this is strange.... the features of the button switched.... the power button boots up media direct, and the "house" icon media button starts windows.....

    any ideas?
     
    chuudat, Aug 23, 2007
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  2. snowbro

    snowbro Notebook Geek

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    Mediadirect is such a useless feature....

    You're better off just hibernating and going into Windows Vista (takes almost same amount of time to come out of hibernation...)

    Wipe your harddrives and start off with fresh clean partitions (no NON-DOS, and no MEDIADIRECT partitions)
     
    snowbro, Aug 23, 2007
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  3. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    I couldn't agree more!
     
    Khris, Aug 23, 2007
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  4. SoMuch2S@y

    SoMuch2S@y Notebook Consultant

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    I for one like Media Direct, especially bc it works so nicely with my IR remote
     
    SoMuch2S@y, Aug 23, 2007
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