Asus BP5265 - Manual (Page 36)

3-2 Chapter 3: BIOS setup
3.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.)
2. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy
disk.)
3. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a floppy, USB Flash disk,
or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)
4. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows ® environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
3.1.1 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.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk.
Windows ® Vista environment
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk
drive.
b. Click from the Windows ® desktop, then select Computer.
c. Right-click Floppy Disk Drive then click Format to display the Format 3
1/2 Floppy dialog box.
d. Select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk check box.
e. Click Start.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk or
a USB flash disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the
original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.