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1 managing and updating your bios, 1 creating a bootable floppy disk – Asus AP1720-E2 User Manual

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Chapter 5: BIOS setup

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5.1

Managing and updating your BIOS

5.1.1 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.

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.