Bios Recovery By Crisis Disk - Acer TravelMate 8481T Service Manual

BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk

BIOS Recovery Boot Block
BIOS Recovery Boot Block is a special block of BIOS. It is used to boot up the system with
minimum BIOS initialization. Users can enable this feature to restore the BIOS firmware if a
previous BIOS flashing process has failed.
BIOS Recovery Hotkey
To enable the BIOS Recovery process, use the function hotkey, Fn + Esc, during BIOS
POST. The AC adapter and battery are required to be installed during this process.
Steps for BIOS Recovery using USB HDD
NOTE:
NOTE:
Prior to performing the recovery, prepare a Crisis USB key. The Crisis USB key is
created by executing the Crisis Disk program in another system with Windows
To Create a Crisis USB key, perform the following:
1. Format USB HDD using the Quick Format option (Figure 5-4). Click Start to begin the
procedure.
Figure 5-4. Format USB HDD
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