Managing And Updating Your Bios; Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus A7N8X-VM User Manual

2.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

• The original BIOS file for this motherboard is in the support CD.
• Copy the original BIOS to a bootable floppy disk in case you
need to restore the BIOS in the future.

2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk

1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type:
format a: /s , then press the <Enter> key
Windows environment
a. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, point to Settings, then click
on Control Panel.
b. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs icon from the Control Panel
window.
c. Click on the Startup Disk tab, then on Create Disk... button.
d. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk when prompted. Follow the suceeding screen
instructions to complete the process.
2. Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable floppy disk.
2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS information