What Are The Steps Necessary To Create The Bios Image Cd For F10 Rom Flash And Recovery; What Are The Steps Necessary To Create A Bootable Usb Flash Media (Dok) For Bios Update - HP dc7900 - Convertible Minitower PC Questions And Answers

What are the steps necessary to create the BIOS image CD for
F10 ROM flash and recovery?
The softpaq BIOS.iso allows the user or administrator to create binary image CD that can be
used to locally restore or update the system BIOS. This feature requires that a system is
available with CD burning software and a compatible CD-R/RW drive installed.
The following steps describe how the file can be used:
1. Obtain a blank CD and place it in the CD-R/RW drive.
2. Execute BIOS.iso. This will launch the CD burning software.
3. To make the BIOS binary image CD, follow instructions provided by the application.
4. Place the newly created BIOS binary image CD in the CD drive of the computer to be
updated or restored and cycle system power.
5. Follow the procedures detailed in the "How do I update the BIOS when not running
Vista, Windows XP, 2000 or DOS?" section.
What are the steps necessary to create a bootable USB flash
media (DOK) for BIOS update?
A USB Flash Media Device can be made "bootable" in order to execute the Flashbin.exe
utility. Please read the following requirements and procedure completely before attempting to
make the USB flash media device bootable. If you are not comfortable with the steps, please
do not attempt this procedure. Data loss can result from improper execution.
Requirements:
System supporting USB flash media boot. Any Hewlett-Packard business PC with the
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following system BIOS family (where x is any numeral):
1. 6860x
2. 786Ax
3. 786Bx
4. 786Cx
5. 786Dx
6. 786Ex
7. 786Fx
8. 786Gx
To verify this in your system:
1. Press F10 at boot time to go into Setup
2. Go to File in the drop down menu
3. Go to System Information to verify the correct system BIOS
Microsoft Windows (Win 95 OSR2 or later) Startup diskette or DOS Bootable
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diskette with fdisk.exe and sys.com files on the diskette.
Procedure steps:
1. Turn off power to the computer.
2. Insert the USB flash media device into any of the computer's USB ports.
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