On Mon August 2 2010, Darr wrote: > However, if that is the hard disk that came in your Dell, > MediaDirect is ALREADY installed... you just can't see > it because from the factory it was installed in a hidden > partition at the end. In that cased all you should need to > do is fix LBA0 - the MBR - (but NOT with XP's 'fixmbr' > in repair mode, nor with fdisk /mbr), and/or the boot sector. so, how come when I press the button now, I get the mediadirect logo screen, then it goes right to the grub menu. > > Here... check out this site > http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/mediadirect.htm > that's not only a good synopsis of how MD works, but > they make a tool to diagnose and fix the Dell MBR > and/or the Boot Sector if the driver CD is missing. > > You could also boot off the Utilities and Drivers CD, > then at the DOS prompt run > x:\ > CD \MD2 I can't find that CD... I did find one for my Dimension.. > > x:\MD2 > REPAIR > I booted the Dimension recovery CD, no repair.exe. The files I see are: autorcd.exe boot.cat choice.com diag32.bat dosmenu.bat reboot.com and some folders -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
