Boot Disk

[Don Soriano]

I need to go to DOS (not the DOS in Windows) to update my
BIOS and Award Flash Utilities. For this I need a floppy
start-up boot disk from WIN XP Home. How do I make a
WINxp start-up disk? Do I need to insert the CD for WIN
XP?

Don

 

[TheCrewser]

From My Computer, right-click on the floppy drive, select Format and
check the box for "Create an MS-DOS startup disk." Then copy your
BIOS files and flash utilities to the disk.

Good Luck...

GLCrews,MCP

 

[Bob Knowlden]

Insert a floppy in the drive.

Right-click on it. Select "format".

Check the "create MS-DOS startup disk" box.

Click "start".

(The format /s a: command, available in Win9X, isn't supported in XP.)

I have read claims that this isn't a "real" DOS boot floppy, but I've used
such floppies to run the BIOS flash utilities (Award and AMI) with no
difficulty.

Address altered to avoid spam. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I need to go to DOS (not the DOS in Windows) to update my
BIOS and Award Flash Utilities. For this I need a floppy
start-up boot disk from WIN XP Home.

No you don't. You need any DOS boot disk at all. Windows isn't
involved.

But if you don't already have a DOS boot disk, in My Computer
RightClick your diskette drive and choose Format. Choose the
option for an MS-DOS startup disk.

Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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[Plato]

I need to go to DOS (not the DOS in Windows) to update my
BIOS and Award Flash Utilities. For this I need a floppy

You need a clean disk with no drivers loading:

http://www.abitfaq.it/Files/drdflash.exe