How do you reinstall Media Direct to my Dell laptop?

Question

I recently purchased a Dell E1505. I spent a long time removing tons of junkware found in the laptop. Then, I found that when I press the Media Direct button, my Media Direct no longer works. The laptop says something like configuration errors. If I press a key, the computer boots Windows.

When I was uninstalling Norton Ghost 10.0, I must have removed the partition where the Media Direct was located. Now I only have one drive (C:\) showing up in My Computer. I tried the Ctrl+F11 thing to restore the factory settings, but Media Direct still didn't work. How can I fix this without reinstalling Windows? Is it possible? My notebook computer works perfectly well, except for Media Direct. Please help!

Answer 1

Dell Media Direct is probably a Dell download or driver. Try this:

www.support.dell.com

Check out their drivers, they probably have free downloads.

Description: If you have Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition or Dell Media Experience installed, you can use Dell MediaDirect to launch your media application by pressing the play/pause/Dell MediaDirect button. If you hold the media control play button for longer than two seconds while you are logged in, Dell MediaDirect launches Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition or Dell Media Experience, depending on your system setup. If both applications are present, Windows Media Center Edition will launch. When your computer is open, you can press the media control play button to start the computer from any state and automatically launch the media application.

Answer 2

when you re-install your laptop you should check it first whether it has a Recovery Tools or not. If it has, you should using it to recover your laptop, make it as new with full applications that Dell provides. If it hasn't, just download a K Lite Codec Pack, it's free