2 creating a bootable floppy disk – Asus M2NPV-VM User Manual

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

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

disk.

2.1.2

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

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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. Windows

®

XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the

format options field, then click Start.

Windows

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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.

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