Media Direct (No longer direct)

I respect your opinion but for me I rather liked the idea of getting to and
playing my music without going through the operating system. The second
partition also incudes the dell factory restore files which allows you to
return the system to the state in which it came out of the box. I find this
useful. It is much quicker than reformatting using the windows disk, and
all the original drivers are installed instantly.

I'd like to make a correction in my original post. The restore key is F8
and not F5 as stated.

"WSZsr" wrote in message
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In my opinion (which you didn't ask for) Media Direct is a waste of time.
First thing I did was blow away all partitions and start from scratch.
Installed Vista on a 35GB partition and left the remainder (75GB) for data
and storage. Moved all my files to the second partition so if I reformat
and reinstall, I only have to worry about the OS.

"Joelee" wrote in message
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I have an XPS M1330 laptop. Media Direct functioned correctly for about 3
months, but then I had the motherboard replaced and after that when I ran
media direct the logo appeared at startup but it no longer goes directly
to the media direct shell. Instead Vista is installed and all the other
programs that install when Vista is installed. It is only after that,
that the Media Direct Shell appears.

I discussed the issue with a Dell Chat Tech and was advised that I would
have to do a Dell factory restore to get it working again. I have done
that 2 times with no luck. I still can only get to Media direct after
Vista has been fully installed. It works fine that way but I would have
liked to get to it without the operating system being installed as it
once did.

One other point I should make is that I have not been able to get to the
Dell factory restore and pressing Ctrl + F11 as I did before the
motherboard replacement. I was advise by Dell Chat that in Vista I have
to press F5 at startup which which got me to factory restore.

I would appreciate any help I can get to be able get to media direct more
directly as I once did.
Thanks.