Asus BP5220 User Manual - Page 38
Managing and updating your BIOS, 3.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
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3.1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. ASUS EZ Flash 2: Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a floppy disk or USB flash disk. 2. ASUS AFUDOS: Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk. 3. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3: Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk, USB flash disk, or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted. 4. ASUS Update: Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment. Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities. Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk or a USB flash disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities. 3.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 1. Do any of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. DOS environment a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. b. At the DOS prompt, key in format A:/S then press . Windows® XP environment a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. b. Click Start from the Windows® desktop, then select My Computer. c. Right-click the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon, then select Format. d. Select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk checkbox. e. Click Start. Windows® Vista environment a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. b. Click from the Windows® desktop, then select Computer. c. Right-click Floppy Disk Drive then click Format to display the Format 3 1/2 Floppy dialog box. d. Select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk checkbox. e. Click Start. 3-2 Chapter 3: BIOS setup