ASUS TS500-E5 ユーザーズマニュアル

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Chapter 5: BIOS setup

The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic 

Input/Output System (BIOS) setup:
1.  AFUDOS utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy 

disk.)

2.  ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (To recover the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk 

when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.)

Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.

Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk in 

case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard 

BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.

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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 environment

a.  Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive. 
b.  Click Start from the Windows

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 desktop, then select My Computer.

c.  Select the 3 ½ Floppy Drive icon.
d.  Right click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3½ 

Floppy Disk window appears.

e.  Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field, 

then click Start.