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    disable media direct boot

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by gieseja, Apr 22, 2010.

  1. gieseja

    gieseja Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have M1330 that is trying to boot to media direct then promptly BSOD's. I believe the scenario that happened was the notebook was hibernated, then they pressed the media direct button instead of power to wake it up.

    How do I tell not to boot to media direct?

    I saw this exact same message in another thread but no resolve.

     
    gieseja, Apr 22, 2010
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    Chrysaor Notebook Consultant

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    Dell has a utility called rmbr.exe.
    Boot into Safe Mode and type "rmbr DELL 1 1". That should make MD button to boot to the first partition (change it to suit whatever partition you want it to boot).
     
    Chrysaor, Apr 22, 2010
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    gieseja Notebook Enthusiast

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    OK it's fixed. I had to power on with the media direct button which then booted Vista. Odd I know. Then media direct setup wizard started within Vista and I cancelled the wizard.

    I never had the opportunity to hit F8.
     
    gieseja, Apr 22, 2010
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