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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

4.1.2

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.

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