System boot disk

[Frank]

I would like to update my BIOS (ASUS P4P800 Deluxe
Motherboard). When I check with Asus support, it advises
to first make a system boot disk on a new floppy disk
using the command "Format A:/s". All Microsoft operating
systems will do this up to Win 2000 and XP. After that
download the New BIOS update file and copy it to the newly
made boot disk. Then from the A: prompt use their new
updated (Asus) BIOS file to "Flash" to the new BIOS.

Question: In Win 2000 or XP, how does one make this system
boot disk, when Format A:/s does not work ? I already know
how to make a "Emergency Repair Disk" using the Programs--
Accessories--Tools--Backup screen, bit this disk will not
work to "flash" a new BIOS.

Frank................

 

[me]

you need a 95/98 system to do that
you can't do it from nt/2000/xp because you need command line interface
outside windows

 

[Bjorn Landemoo]

Frank

In XP, check "Create an MS-DOS startup disk", after right clicking your
floppy in My Computer and selecting Format.

Win2000 cannot create an MS-DOS startup disk.

Best regards

Bjorn

 

[me]

wow
been working with xp since the first beta came out and never knew that
option was there
not too many use floppies anymore anyway. if i needed to format one, always
been used to using the command prompt
good to know. thanks

 

[Guest]

Thanks for all the replies, especially the one to format
an MS-DOS floppy when using Win XP. I'm like "Me". I never
knew that option was there. Now I will have to
try "Flashing" my BIOS on my XP computer to see if that
works. However, I am still in the dark about Flashing my
BIOS on my Win 2000 Pro computer. Both computers have the
exact same motherboard (ASUS P4P800 Deluxe). What the heck
is one supposed to do if you don't have an old Win 95 or
98 system ? And even if one did, and made a bootup floppy
using the A:/S option for Format, would that disk work to
flash a BIOS on a computer running Win2000 Pro ?

Frank........

 

[Bjorn Landemoo]

Frank

Most BIOS developers converts to applications that can be used from within
the Windows environment in order to upgrade BIOS.

When you boot from a DOS floppy, created from WinXP or DOS/Win9x, the
operating system on your hard disk, or whether you have a hard disk at all
in the computer, does not matter.

Best regards

Bjorn