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Chapter 3: BIOS setup

Chapter 3

3.2.2

Creating a bootable floppy disk

1.

Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press .
Windows

®

XP environment

a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows

®

desktop, then select My Computer.

c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk

window appears.

e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field, then click

Start.

Windows

®

Vista environment

a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.

b. Click

from the Windows

®

desktop, then select Computer.

c. Right-click Floppy Disk Drive then click Format to display the Format 3 1/2

Floppy dialog box .

d. Select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk check box.
e. Click Start.

2.

Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk.