Chapter 2: Bios Setup; Managing.and.updating.your.bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus Motherboard M3A78-EM User Manual

2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1.. ASUS.AFUDOS: Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy
disk.
2.. ASUS.CrashFree.BIOS.3: Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, a
USB flash disk or the motherboard Support DVD when the BIOS file fails or
gets corrupted.
3.. ASUS.EZ.Flash.2: Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or a USB flash disk
during POST.
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 in
case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard
BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.
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Creating a bootable floppy disk

1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>.
Windows
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk
window appears.
e. Windows
format options field, then click Start.
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XP environment
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XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the
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desktop, then select My Computer.
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Chapter 2: BIOS setup