Creating A Bootable Floppy Disk - Asus M3A78-T Handbuch

4.1.1

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
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
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
format options field, then click Start.
Windows
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk
drive.
b. Click
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.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy
disk.
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XP environment
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XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the
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Vista environment
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from the Windows
desktop, then select My Computer.
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desktop, then select Computer.
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Chapter 4: BIOS setup