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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

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XP environment

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

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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. Windows

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XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the

format options field, then click Start.

Windows

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2000 environment

To create a set of boot disks for Windows

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2000:

a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. Insert the Windows

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2000 CD to the optical drive.

c. Click Start, then select Run.
d. In the Open field, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
assuming that D is your optical drive letter.
e. Press , then follow screen instructions to continue.

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

disk.