How to do a bios update with XP

[Jens Zachmann]

Hi,

is it possilbe to do a bios update with windows XP? Or how to create a dos
boot disk with XP to do the Bios Update with a floppy, memory card or CD?

Cheers
Jens

 

[Rob Elder, MVP-Networking]

Put a disk and the floppy drive. Using Windows Explorer, right click the
drive, select format and choose create MSDOS system disk.

 

[Jens Zachmann]

Hello,

this is not possible beceause I don't have a floppy, only a Card Reader I
can boot from and there this option is not possible.

Any further hints?

Greetings
Jens

 

[Rob Elder, MVP-Networking]

www.bootdisk.com

Hello,

this is not possible beceause I don't have a floppy, only a Card Reader I
can boot from and there this option is not possible.

Any further hints?

Greetings
Jens

 

[Guest]

Jen
You need to get a floppy drive of some description.

The version of windows you run is irrelevant to the BIOS
as it is not controlled or influenced by the operating
system.

Most BIOS's have there own update utility like Qflash just
hold 'delete' or 'F2' etc when the machine fires up to get
in to the bios and have a look.

If your BIOS doesn't have the utility then boot to dos
with a floppy disk then put in a floppy with the update on
it type 'dir' on the a: prompt to find the file and run it.

 

[Pavel]

If you can boot from the 'Card Reader' then you can put the flashing program
on it too. Some motherboard manufacturers do provide Windows based bios
update program. Check with your manufacturer.

 

[Guest]

Can I ask you a simple question Rob. Seeing as you are labled an MVP and all. Just what the blazes does creating a useless MSDOS disk have to do with flashing or otherwise initiating the BIOS of any system. Have you honestly ever done what you suggest????? In order to create a true XP Boot set of floppies you will need six floppy disks. The option you describe is not available at all in my edition of XP HE. It's there but blanked out. Perhaps because XP does not have DOS as it is not written on or over DOS. MVP????? Is that a self appointed title? Good luck.

 

[Pavel]

Rob does know what he is taking about. Maybe it's you perhaps that does not
understand. You see, in order to flash the BIOS, there is no need to boot to
any environment that has anything to do with Windows. Your suggestion that
one will need the 6 disk bootable floppy set is only if you want to do
something with the WindowsXP which is not the case here. On top of that,
WindowsXP is in fact able to produce a single bootable floppy just for such
situation as this. The format option for floppy will present you with an
option to make a bootable floppy.

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Pavel

Can I ask you a simple question Rob. Seeing as you are labled an MVP and

all. Just what the blazes does creating a useless MSDOS disk have to do with
flashing or otherwise initiating the BIOS of any system. Have you honestly
ever done what you suggest????? In order to create a true XP Boot set of
floppies you will need six floppy disks. The option you describe is not
available at all in my edition of XP HE. It's there but blanked out. Perhaps
because XP does not have DOS as it is not written on or over DOS. MVP?????
Is that a self appointed title? Good luck.

 

[HillBillyBuddhist]

Can I ask you a simple question Rob. Seeing as you are labled an MVP and

all. Just >what the blazes does creating a useless MSDOS disk have to do
with flashing or >otherwise initiating the BIOS of any system. Have you
honestly ever done what you >suggest????? In order to create a true XP Boot
set of floppies you will need six >floppy disks. The option you describe is
not available at all in my edition of XP HE. >It's there but blanked out.
Perhaps because XP does not have DOS as it is not written >on or over DOS.
MVP????? Is that a self appointed title? Good luck.

Rob was perfectly correct.

The procedure for flashing a BIOS on a computer with a floppy drive is to
boot the system with an MSDOS boot disk containing the flash program and run
the flash program from the disk.

(http://www.wimsbios.com/index.htm?/HTML1/faq.html) See item 6.

Flashing the BIOS in this manner is completely independent of the operating
system so your diatribe about XP not having DOS or being written over DOS is
irrelevant. The BIOS can be flashed in this manner with Windows, Lindows,
Linux, Unix, or any other operating system installed. The six disk set you
speak of creating is intended to allow Windows XP to be installed on a
system that does not allow booting from the CD and is likewise irrelevant in
this case.

The MVP's here spend a great deal of their own free time helping people out
of the goodness of their hearts. Their advice is generally right on and
serves the computing community with a valuable and free service. They are
professional and polite even when faced with babbling miscreants such as
yourself and I for one am thankful.

What purpose did your post serve? Who have you helped lately?
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