Chapter 2: Bios Information; Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus M2N68 AM - Motherboard - Micro ATX User Manual

Chapter 2
BIOS information
2.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a 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.
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Creating a bootable floppy disk

Create a bootable floppy disk using a different computer.
To create a bootable floppy disk:
1. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
2. Follow the instructions based on your system environment.
DOS environment
a. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>.
Windows XP environment
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a. From the Windows
b. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
c. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy window
appears.
d. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field,
then click Start.
Windows Vista environment
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a. From the Windows
b. Right-click Floppy Disk Drive then click Format to display the Format 3 1/2
Floppy dialog box.
c. Select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk check box.
d. Click Start.
ASUS M2N68-AM
desktop, click Start > My Computer.
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> Computer.
desktop, click
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