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1 managing and updating your bios, 1 creating a bootable floppy disk – Asus PCH-DL User Manual

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ASUS PCH-DL motherboard

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4.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

The original BIOS file for this motherboard is in the support CD.

Copy the original BIOS to a bootable floppy disk in case you
need to restore the BIOS in the future.

4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk

1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.

DOS environment

Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type:

format a: /s, then press the key

Windows

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XP environment

a. Insert a new 1.44 MB floppy disk in the floppy disk drive.

b. From the Windows desktop, click Start > My Computer.

c. In the My Computer window, click the 3 1/2 Floppy icon.

d. From the Menu bar, click File > Format.

e. Select “Create an MS-DOS Startup Disk” in the Format Options

field, then click Start.

2. Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable

floppy disk.