Chapter 5: Bios Information; Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus Vintage User Manual

5.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. A F U D O S A F U D O S A F U D O S ( Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy
A F U D O S A F U D O S
disk.)
2. A S U S E Z F l a s h 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 A S U S E Z F l a s h
Refer to the corresponding section for each utility.
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Creating a bootable floppy disk

Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk
5.1.1 5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
D O S e n v i r o n m e n t D O S e n v i r o n m e n t D O S e n v i r o n m e n t D O S e n v i r o n m e n t D O S e n v i r o n m e n t
Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type:
f o r m a t A : / S f o r m a t A : / S then press <Enter>. f o r m a t A : / S f o r m a t A : / S f o r m a t A : / S
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a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
b. From your Windows
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 F l o p p y D r i v e
d. Click F i l e
3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D i s k 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D i s k
3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D i s k window appears. 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D i s k 3 1 / 2 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
2. Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable
floppy disk.
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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 AFUDOS utility.
Refer to the ASUS website for details about updating the BIOS.
X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t
® ® ® ® ® X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t X P e n v i r o n m e n t
® desktop, click on S t a r t
3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D r i v e 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D r i v e icon. 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D r i v e 3 1 / 2 F l o p p y D r i v e
F i l e from the menu, then select F o r m a t F i l e F i l e F i l e
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 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
S t a r t S t a r t, then select M y S t a r t
S t a r t
F o r m a t F o r m a t. A F o r m a t F o r m a t F o r m a t
S t a r t S t a r t. S t a r t
S t a r t
C h a p t e r 5 : B I O S i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 5 : B I O S i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 5 : B I O S i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 5 : B I O S i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 5 : B I O S i n f o r m a t i o n
M y M y M y
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