Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus P5GDC 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.
A S U S E Z F l a s h A S U S E Z F l a s h
1. A S U S E Z F l a s h A S U S E Z F l a s h (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST.) A S U S E Z F l a s h
2. A S U S A F U D O S A S U S A F U D O S (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable A S U S A F U D O S
A S U S A F U D O S A S U S A F U D O S
floppy disk.)
3. A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2
floppy disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or
gets corrupted.)
A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e
4. A S U S U p d a t e (Updates the BIOS in Windows A S U S U p d a t e A S U S U p d a t e
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

Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk 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 1.44 MB 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
C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r
C o m p u t e r C o m p u t e r. C o m p u t e r
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 F l o p p y D i s k window appears. 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
2 - 2 2 - 2
2 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 2
® XP environment
S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t S t a r t from the Windows
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 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 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
® 2000 environment
® 2000 CD to the optical drive.
S t a r t S t a r t
S t a r t S t a r t, then select R u n
® desktop, then select M y
F o r m a t F o r m a t
F o r m a t F o r m a t. A F o r m a t 3 1 / 2
S t a r t S t a r t. S t a r t
S t a r t
® 2000:
R u n R u n
R u n. R u n
® environment.)
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
C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p
C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p