Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus DSBF-DM SAS User Manual

4.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup:
Phoenix Phlash16 BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode
1.
using a bootable floppy disk.)
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (To recover the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk
2.
when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)
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 Phoenix Phlash16 BIOS utilities. Refer to page
4-3 for details.
4.1.1

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/2003 environment
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a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
Select the 3 ½ Floppy Drive icon.
c.
d. Right click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3½
Floppy Disk window appears.
e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field,
then click Start.
ASUS DSBF-DM Series
desktop, then select My Computer.
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