Asus RS120-E4/PA4 - Manual (Page 68)

5-2 Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1. Managing.and.updating.your.BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. ASUS.AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy
disk.)
2. ASUS.CrashFree.BIOS.2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk or
the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)
3. ASUS.Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows ® environment.) Refer to the
corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
5.1.1 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 and Server 2003 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.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy
disk.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk in
case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard
BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.