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2 afudos utility, Copying the current bios – Asus Motherboard P5LD2 User Manual

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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

4.1.2 AFUDOS utility

The AFUDOS utility allows you to update the BIOS file in DOS environment

using a bootable floppy disk with the updated BIOS file. This utility also

allows you to copy the current BIOS file that you can use as backup when

the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process.

Copying the current BIOS

To copy the current BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility:

Windows

®

2000 environment

To create a set of boot disks for Windows

®

2000:

a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. Insert the Windows

®

2000 CD to the optical drive.

c. Click Start, then select Run.
d. In the Open field, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
assuming that D is your optical drive letter.
e. Press , then follow screen instructions to continue.

2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable

floppy disk.

Main filename

Extension name

1. Copy the AFUDOS utility (afudos.exe) from the motherboard support

CD to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier.

2. Boot the system in DOS mode, then at the prompt type:

afudos /o[filename]
where the [filename] is any user-assigned filename not more than

eight alphanumeric characters for the main filename and three

alphanumeric characters for the extension name.

A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.rom

• Make sure that the floppy disk is not write-protected and has at

least 1.2 MB free space to save the file.

• The succeeding BIOS screens are for reference only. The actual BIOS

screen displays may not be same as shown.

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