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1 managing and updating your bios, 1 creating a bootable floppy disk – Asus A7N8X-VM User Manual

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Chapter 2: BIOS information

2.1

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.

2.1.1 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 environment

a. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, point to Settings, then click

on Control Panel.

b. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs icon from the Control Panel

window.

c. Click on the Startup Disk tab, then on Create Disk... button.

d. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk when prompted. Follow the suceeding screen

instructions to complete the process.

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

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