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February 25th, 2007 13:00

What is Dell MediaDirect? (Please help, I'm new to Dell)

Hi,
 
Got an Inspiron 9400 on Monday - I did a reinstall of Windows Vista Home Premium straight away to get rid of unnecessary software.
 
I note that I have a "MediaDirect" button, and a Dell MediaDirect CD.  Could someone please tell me what this is and what the CD will do if I load it up? :smileyindifferent: (I have been put off from doing this as the CD package suggests i need to 'prepare' my drive first, so I'm not sure if this is something I should have done in conjunction with a vista reinstall?)
 
Confused, please help!
 
Sorry for what is no doubt a silly question - I'm new to Dell.
 
Many thanks,
 
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  • jmfmvps

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    Posted February 25th, 2007 14:00

    Media Direct is the ability to use the laptop to view pictures and play music (CDs, mp3s, etc) without booting into Windows. If you reinstalled Vista, you will need to reinstall the Media Direct feature.
    Perhaps someone else here can assist you with that. I wiped it completely off my 6400 when I installed Vista, since it is a feature I do not need to have.