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    mediadirect 2.0 on a m1210

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by n0trightn0w, Apr 24, 2007.

  1. n0trightn0w

    n0trightn0w Newbie

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    I've gone through the sticky on the top of the dell thread but it didn't fix the problem.

    i recently formatted and triple booted my m1210 w/

    1 ubuntu feisty fawn
    2 windows vista
    3 windows xp pro

    i never deleted the mediadirect partitions there is one small partition and one partition around 2 gb i never touched ...

    so after all those OSes are up and running i thought i would just repair mediadirect (as the sticky says i never changed the HDD just repartitioned)

    but after making the disc, booting from it and typing the few lines of codes, it says done but when i press the mediadirect button it goes to the loader for windows vista/xp ?!?!?

    anyone know what's going on ?! don't wanna reformat everything again
     
    n0trightn0w, Apr 24, 2007
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  2. gohanssjn

    gohanssjn Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you have Quickset installed in XP? I don't know that it would fix the issue though, it's just the first question always asked. Since you have a custom bootloader going,that may be the issue. Are you using a linux bootloader?

    I had no issues booting XP/Vista/Mediadirect, but linux always messed it up for me. Some setting I never got right I suppose >.>
     
    gohanssjn, Apr 24, 2007
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