Managing And Updating Your Bios; Afudos Utility - Viglen Vig560s Manual

Managing and Updating your BIOS

The following utility allows you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
• ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk)
Note: 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.
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 ® XP environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows® desktop, and then select My Computer.
c. Select the 3½ Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, and then select Format. A Format 3½ Floppy Disk
window appears.
e. Select Create an MS-DOS start-up disk from the format options field, and then
click Start.
Windows ® 2000 environment
To create a set of boot disks for Windows® 2000:
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. Insert the Windows® 2000 CD to the optical drive.
c. Click Start, and then select Run.
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.

AFUDOS Utility

The AFUDOS utility allows you to update the BIOS file in DOS environment using a
bootable floppy disk with the updated BIOS file. This utility also allows you to copy
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