1 managing and updating your bios – Lennox Hearth AX45Q User Manual

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2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS

2.1.1 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 <Enter>.

Windows® XP 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.

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. From the Open field, type

D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: assuming that D: is your optical drive.

d. Press <Enter>, then follow screen instructions to continue.

2.

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

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