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4.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk)
1.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk or
2.
the motherboard support CD 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 or
USB flash disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the
original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.
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 environment
®
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
c. Select the 3½ Floppy Drive icon.
d. 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.
Windows
2000 environment
®
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 Start, 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.
ASUS KFSN4-DRE Series
desktop, then select My Computer.
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2000 CD to the optical drive.
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2000:
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