TJ said:
According to the xp upgrade instructions my Flash BIOS Update
Program should automatically launch after I copy my BIOS to a
floppy and reboot. It doesn't and when I try to access the file
from the floppy I get a "Cannot run under a protected environment
error" Any help?
Shenan said:
Did you set your BIOS so it booted from a floppy diskette first?
The instructions did not say to do that. How do I do that?
If you do not know how to configure the BIOS - why are you flashing
it?
Flashing the BIOS - while usually safe - can go wrong - making the
computer no more than a doorstop. If you do not even know how to
get into it to configure booting from the Floppy Drive instead of
the hard drive/CD Drive - perhaps you should rethink the process.
Otherwise - look in your manual for your motherboard and/or look at
the screen when you first turn on your computer for the proper
keystroke(s).
I am just following the directions for the winxp home upgrade. It
says to upgrade my computers BIOS and that the Flash BIOS Update
program will launch automatically after I reboot and ask if I want to
replace the BIOS that I just copied to a floppy. If I had to do
something special to make that screen pop up you would think it would
be in the instructions. I am not a complete dolt around computers
even though I do not know all the tricks. Are you saying if I boot
from the floppy then I will not get the error that I can't run under
a protected environment error? It seems like a simple problem but I
can't find any info anywhere. Thanks for your help and timely
responses.
If you boot from the Floppy Diskette (assuming it was made bootable by
whatever application created it) - then it will be running in a
non-protected environment - not in Windows. In order to boot from the CD,
you have to enter your system BIOS (which has nothing to do with Windows)
and change the Boot Order for your computer to boot from the Floppy Drive
first. How you enter the system BIOS is dependent on your system. It is
done right after you turn the computer on and right before Windows itself
starts to load. Once in the BIOS, you will have to find and change the boot
order and save the results.. Once you do this, have the floppy diskette in
the drive, and reboot again.
