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Chapter 4: BIOS setupChapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 4: BIOS setupChapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
4.1.24.1.2
4.1.24.1.2
4.1.2
Creating a bootable floppy diskCreating a bootable floppy disk
Creating a bootable floppy diskCreating a bootable floppy disk
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 Start
Start Start
Start from the Windows
®
desktop, then select
MyMy
MyMy
My
ComputerComputer
ComputerComputer
Computer.
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click
File File
File File
File from the menu, then select
FormatFormat
FormatFormat
Format. A
Format 3 1/2Format 3 1/2
Format 3 1/2Format 3 1/2
Format 3 1/2
Floppy DiskFloppy Disk
Floppy DiskFloppy Disk
Floppy Disk window appears.
e. Select
Create an MS-DOS startup disk Create an MS-DOS startup disk
Create an MS-DOS startup disk Create an MS-DOS startup disk
Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format
options field, then click
StartStart
StartStart
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
StartStart
StartStart
Start, then select
RunRun
RunRun
Run.
d. From the Open field, type
D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
assuming that D: is your optical drive.
e. Press <Enter>, then follow screen instructions to continue.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable
floppy disk.