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Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5-2
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 3 (Updates a corrupted BIOS file using the USB
flash disk or the floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file.)
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
®
Server 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 AFUDOS utility.