Re-installing Media Direct 3.5

[sifa123]

Hello, someone please help.

Windows Vista crashed and the OS disk that was included with the system was corrupt so I had a local company re-install from their disk, however, I did not supply them with the media direct CD (v3.5 on an Inspiron 1525) because I didn't know that it had to be installed at the same time. Now I need to (from looking at other threads) partition the disk - will this be done by just running the Media Direct CD and picking option 1? Or do I have to have the OS disk (which I don't have)? I don't want to pick option 1 until I know that I don't need the OS disk.

And if I do this what do I lose - will I lose all programs that are on my laptop already?

I have a 160 GB hard drive, I assume I need at least 2 GB partition?

By the way all of this happened 1 week after the 1 year warranty ran out and I had already replaced the hard drive and the fan in the first year. Don't want to deal with Dell again, this is why I had a local company do the reinstall and my company paid for it.
_________________________________________
home solar panels | c7115a toner hp

[CrowdAds]

[felix8406]

To partion the disk you can try using EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition, which is free: Free Download Partition Manager software.. As for using Dell utilities, more than likely it will erase your HD.