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    Dell XPS M1730 Downgrade to XP with Media Direct

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by WindDrifter, May 2, 2008.

  1. WindDrifter

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    Hi All,

    I am hoping someone on this forum is able to help because 3 Dell Engineers were totally useless and told me 3 different things. :(

    I bought my XPS with Vista Ultimate but I want to downgrade until Vista release SP2 or SP3. I have read some things about Media Direct but I am still a little confused. :confused:

    I am trying to find out which version of Dell Media Direct definately works with Windows XP? I got Ver 3.5 (Which One Dell Engineer I spoke said didn't exist :eek: and it was news to him. :confused: He only had version 3.0) and I would obviously like to use a "supported" version. ;)

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. :D

    Cheers,
    WD
     
    WindDrifter, May 2, 2008
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    Well I guess there is nothing like giving it a go.

    It worked!

    I followed the following post: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=88032
    How to install MediaDirect 3.0 or reformat laptops with Media Direct 3.0

    It worked for MediaDirect 3.5!! On Windows XP :)

    This is a great forum! Keep up the good work!

    CHeers,
    WD
     
    WindDrifter, May 3, 2008
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