Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus A8R-MVP User Manual

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Creating a bootable floppy disk

Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk
4.1.2 4.1.2 Creating a bootable floppy disk 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 S t a r t
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c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click F i l e
F l o p p y D i s k F l o p p y D i s k F l o p p y D i s k window appears. F l o p p y D i s k F l o p p y D i s k
e. Select C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k
options field, then click S t a r t
Windows
To create a set of boot disks for Windows
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. Insert the Windows
c. Click S t a r t
d. From the Open field, type
D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
assuming that D: is your optical drive.
e. Press <Enter>, then follow screen instructions to continue.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable
floppy disk.
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® XP environment
S t a r t S t a r t from the Windows S t a r t
S t a r t
F i l e F i l e F i l e F i l e from the menu, then select F o r m a t
C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k
C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k from the format C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k
S t a r t S t a r t
S t a r t S t a r t.
® 2000 environment
® 2000 CD to the optical drive.
S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t, then select R u n S t a r t
® desktop, then select M y
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® 2000:
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C h a p t e r 4 : B I O S s e t u p C h a p t e r 4 : B I O S s e t u p C h a p t e r 4 : B I O S s e t u p
M y M y M y
M y
F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 F o r m a t 3 1 / 2