ASUS E2938 User Manual

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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

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.

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 Start, then select 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.