Am I retarded? Want to update bios...

[Napalm]

OK - since the kids I have not spent alot of time keeping up with the hardware world, so it is understandable that I might have a bit of trouble when updating stuff. However, this is ridiculous. Please help.

I have an abit kr7a motherboard that I want to flash to the latest bios. The latest bios says to run it in dos - no prob, this is as expected. However, when I try to run Win XP in dos mode, I don't see the option. All I see that seems relevant is a "safe mode with command prompt" option. The confusing thing is that Abit says this option is only for win95/98 - I am sure this is a mistake since I do not remember this option with those old operating systems. In any event, when I load safe mode with command prompt, and then try to run the batch file for the bios, windows warns me not to run this in windows - well how the f@ck do I get into dos then???!!!

Very frustrated by something that should be a snap - when are these moronic companies going to make things straightforward for the end-user (and in a related question, when are they going to hire some English proof readers??).


So the question, is how do I get into MS-Dos if I am running WinXP so that I can flash my motherboard bios?

Cheers,
Napalm

 

[Napalm]

By the way - here is the extent of Abit's instructions for the bios upgrade:

1. How to upgrade BIOS:

a. Boot into MS-DOS or "Safe mode and command prompt" if you are using
Windows95/98
b. Run "kr7a9n.exe" to extract all files.
c. Run "runme.bat"

*** Please notice that we suggest you flashing the bios with switches

"/py /sn /cd /cp /cc /cks /R" or by "runme.bat".

d. For more detail, please visit:

http://fae.abit.com.tw/cht/download/bioshelp.htm (Chinese)
http://fae.abit.com.tw/eng/download/bioshelp.htm (English)

2.After BIOS updated, pull off the power core and then clear the CMOS data
via jumper before restarting system please.

 

[Napalm]

duh...

Create ms-dos boot disk, put bios files on it, set bios to load the floppy first, then boot and intall files... it has been a while...

N

PS. Thanks for all the help...

 

[Mem]

Click on MY Computer in WinXP,select floppy icon and right click and select format,you will see an option for "Create a MS-DOS startup disk" put a tick in that small box,remember to put the bios file on the floppy after and reboot with the floppy in drive and follow bios flashing instructions.