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2 creating a bootable floppy disk – Asus P5B SE User Manual

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Chapter 2: BIOS setup

4.1.2

Creating a bootable floppy disk

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

DOS environment

a. Insert a .44MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press .

Windows

®

XP environment

a. Insert a .44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click

Start from the Windows

®

desktop, then select

My Computer.

c. Select the 3 /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.

Windows

®

2000 environment

To create a set of boot disks for Windows

®

2000:

a. Insert a formatted, high density .44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. Insert the Windows

®

2000 CD to the optical drive.

c. Click

Start, then select Run.

d. From the Open field, type

D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:

assuming that D: is your optical drive.

e. Press , then follow screen instructions to continue.

2.

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