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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Chapter 3
3. When the Make Disk menu appears, select the FreeDOS command prompt item by
pressing the item number.
4. At the FreeDOS prompt, type d: and press <Enter> to switch the disk from Drive C
(optical drive) to Drive D (USB ash drive).
Welcome to FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org)!
C:\>d:
D:\>
2. The BIOS Updater backup screen appears indicating the BIOS backup process. When
BIOS backup is done, press any key to return to the DOS prompt.
ASUSTek BIOS Updater for DOS V1.30 [2012/12/22]
Current ROM
Update ROM
Note
Saving BIOS:
PATH: A:\
BOARD: M5A99X EVO R2.0
VER: 0204
DATE: 08/05/2010
BOARD: Unknown
VER: Unknown
DATE: Unknown
BIOS backup is done! Press any key to continue.
D:\>bupdater /oOLDBIOS1.rom
Filename Extension
Backing up the current BIOS
To backup the current BIOS le using the BIOS Updater
Ensure that the USB ash drive is not write-protected and has enough free space to save
the le.
1. At the FreeDOS prompt, type bupdater /o[lename] and press <Enter>.
The [lename] is any user-assigned lename with no more than eight alphanumeric
characters for the lename and three alphanumeric characters for the extension.