Chapter 2: Bios Information; Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus M3N78 SE User Manual

Chapter 2
BIOS information
2.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk or a 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.
2.1.1

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.
At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>.
b.
Windows XP environment
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a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk window
d.
appears.
XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format
e. Windows
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options field, then click Start.
Windows Vista environment
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a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click
Right-click Floppy Disk Drive then click Format to display the
c.
Format 3 1/2 Floppy dialog box.
d. Select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk check box.
e. Click Start.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk.
ASUS M3N78 SE
desktop, then select My Computer.
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desktop, then select Computer.
from the Windows
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