On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:28:26 +0000, M wrote:

> I have accidentally reformatted the first partition of my XPS laptop when
> installing Ubuntu and as a result I can not longer start Dell Media
> Direct. I have tried to reinstall it from the CD and the reinstallation
> fails with "Installation Errors". The partition is now formatted as FAT 16,
> I no idea what it was before. Reading Dells website it seems that Media
> Direct can't coexist with a custom partitioning arrangement.
> Is there a way to fix this?
> Thanks.

Have you seen this? (First hit on Google search of "Dell Media Direct"):

http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/mediadirect.htm

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MarkA
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