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    Dell Inspiron E1505 Mediadirect missing!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Chalkhillblue, Nov 22, 2008.

  1. Chalkhillblue

    Chalkhillblue Newbie

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    Hi,
    Just purchased a this Dell Inspiron E1505 for 175 pounds. A great price I think. The seller had milk spilt on the keyboard so bought a new keyboard and was quoted 75 for installing it so decided to sell it cheaply to recouperate his losses.

    I installed the Keyboard and it runs like a dream. Hardly been used.
    Anyway I've noticed that it doesn't have the Dell media direct software installed. I've had a look on the Dell site but can't seem to make head nor tail out of the applications available and patches etc that have come out since.
    I would like to get the media direct thing working as I do a lot of media work etc.

    Any ideas as to what line to pursue here??
    Incidentally I've checked the add\remove software\control panel, its definetly not there also the hard drive seems to be partitioned only in two, C and D, no third for media direct. Is this partitioning a difficult procedure??


    Thanks for your help here,

    Cheers,

    Paul
     
    Chalkhillblue, Nov 22, 2008
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  2. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Welcome to the forum.

    Frankly, Media Direct is a waste of time. It is basically a full screen media center like application (developed by Cyberlink) running on top of a cut down version of windows XP. You can only watch videos and listen to music in this mode. IMO you are better off using a normal media player application inside the regular Windows installation.

    In earlier notebooks (i.e. 1505), you need a separate partition for Media Direct, which needs to be created with Media Direct installation DVD. You have to wipe the entire disk clean to do this. If you already have an OS this means you’ll have to reinstall everything from scratch. Media Direct is not available for download. You get the disk free with the notebook. If you didn’t receive it then call DELL and see if you can get a new one.
     
    PhoenixFx, Nov 22, 2008
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