Guest Charles Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 I am running XP Home SP2. I am attempting to update my BIOS via esupport.com. Their instructions are based on creating a bootable floppy disc - something I have not used for five years. Can anyone give me instructions on how to create a similar bootable CD? Thanks
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Creating a Boot CD To create a bootable CD, use your CD writing software to create one using a bootable floppy. (It uses the floppy as a sort of template.) Or, your CD writing software might be able to create one without the need for the bootable floppy template. Note: You can't do this using Windows XP's CD writing utility, period. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Charles" <Charles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F46EDEA6-4A49-4805-9A1B-1C49C407EA14@microsoft.com... >I am running XP Home SP2. > > I am attempting to update my BIOS via esupport.com. > > Their instructions are based on creating a bootable floppy disc - > something > I have not used for five years. > > Can anyone give me instructions on how to create a similar bootable CD? > > Thanks
Guest David B. Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Creating a Boot CD A boot CD will not work for a BIOS update if the process involves writing to any of the update files on the boot disk you create. How you create a boot CD depends on what burning software you are using. Are you having a problem that this update is supposed to fix? If not, leave the BIOS alone, there is no need for regular updates and it's possible to render your system unusable if the update fails. -- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm _________________________________________________________________________________ "Charles" <Charles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F46EDEA6-4A49-4805-9A1B-1C49C407EA14@microsoft.com... >I am running XP Home SP2. > > I am attempting to update my BIOS via esupport.com. > > Their instructions are based on creating a bootable floppy disc - > something > I have not used for five years. > > Can anyone give me instructions on how to create a similar bootable CD? > > Thanks
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Creating a Boot CD On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:00:02 -0700, Charles <Charles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I am running XP Home SP2. > > I am attempting to update my BIOS via esupport.com. Why do you think you need to upgrade your BIOS? Certainly don't do it just because it's X years old and there are upgrades available. Although a BIOS upgrade normally goes well, it is not without danger. If something goes wrong while the upgrade is an progress (for example, a lapse in power) you can be left with no BIOS at all, and an unbootable computer. Do a BIOS upgrade if you need to--because you are having a problem that the new version is known to fix--not just because one is available. > Their instructions are based on creating a bootable floppy disc - something > I have not used for five years. > > Can anyone give me instructions on how to create a similar bootable CD? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Charles Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Creating a Boot CD Hi Guys Thanks very much for your help and advice. I will be trying to make a bootable CD with Nero. But I wont be attempting to update my BIOS! I can always get excellent help on these pages. Regards Charles
Guest Andy Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Creating a Boot CD On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:00:02 -0700, Charles <Charles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I am running XP Home SP2. > >I am attempting to update my BIOS via esupport.com. > >Their instructions are based on creating a bootable floppy disc - something >I have not used for five years. > >Can anyone give me instructions on how to create a similar bootable CD? > >Thanks Download the image and burn it. <http://allbootdisks.com/download/iso.html>
Guest Plato Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Re: Creating a Boot CD =?Utf-8?B?Q2hhcmxlcw==?= wrote: > > I am attempting to update my BIOS via esupport.com. The first thing that comes to my mind is Why do you NEED to update your bios? What exactly isn't working? What exactly will the upgrade fix? -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
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