On 25/01/07, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At 10:48 AM +0800 1/25/07, Chong Yu Meng wrote: >On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 03:27 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> Thanks. I had to reinstall the OS. And just hitting that damn button >> nukes anything that's not Windows on the hardrive. > >Hi Dotan, > >My recent experience with Dell laptops (those with XP) is that they have >2 partitions, one of which is a recovery partition that is normally >hidden. ... ... His has a different setup: >On 20/01/07, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... >Not that before I booted I played with the laptop's MediaDirect >feature, and I suspect that it ruined grub. Or more. What can I >do/check? Thanks. Google on MediaDirect. The BIOS changes the partition table when MediaDirect is started by pressing the hotkey. Something is supposed to change it back when MediaDirect is done. I don't know any more than that.
Thanks, I will google that. I had only googled Dell Laptop Media Button and variations thereof. I did not know that it is called MediaDirect. Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/127/cooper_alice.html http://technology-sleuth.com/question/what_is_a_cellphone.html
