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Crucial windows update firmware tool so nice..?

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imaheadcase

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How long has that been available for SSD? I been prolonging updating my M4256gig for that 5000+ plus hours bug because it only had option to do it with bootup flashing/usb drive.

Its freaking awesome! Does not matter how SSD is connected too, takes like 30seconds and done.

Just a heads up to those who don't want to full with all the extra steps to make a bootup usb driver or other ways. 🙂
 
I dont understand why anyone would prefer a Windows update method for an SSD over a bootable ISO.
 
Maybe...but I've done all BIOS flashes for my motherboard in Windows for my last 3 motherboards and I've never had a failed one. It's a lot easier than making a bootable USB stick to apply an update.
 
Despite Windows 7 being the most stable OS MS has ever made, I would always choose to do serious hardware flashes in a pre-boot environment. There is just far less that can go wrong. But each to their own.

Plus ISO's are still a lot more useful if you have to do multiple machines.
 
lol I've just downloaded the read the user guide for this new "Windows" based flashing and it's simply an .exe file which automatically reboots your computer into the pre-boot environment and then launches the standard firmware update method you would have had if you had used the bootable ISO. Hardly Windows based flashing or any more convenient.
 
It is more convenient than burning a CD/DVD or making a USB stick bootable and mucking with boot order, no?
 
Coup27 said:
lol I've just downloaded the read the user guide for this new "Windows" based flashing and it's simply an .exe file which automatically reboots your computer into the pre-boot environment and then launches the standard firmware update method you would have had if you had used the bootable ISO. Hardly Windows based flashing or any more convenient.
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lol...

Windows flashing gives me the shivers.
 
Coup27 said:
lol I've just downloaded the read the user guide for this new "Windows" based flashing and it's simply an .exe file which automatically reboots your computer into the pre-boot environment and then launches the standard firmware update method you would have had if you had used the bootable ISO. Hardly Windows based flashing or any more convenient.
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Well dur, that is what EVERY windows flashing devices does.

Its for ease of use, simple to the point. Like lots of people i've never had a problem with windows update tools.

Lets see..one button press vs a multitude of steps. no brainer.
 
imaheadcase said:
Well dur, that is what EVERY windows flashing devices does.

Its for ease of use, simple to the point. Like lots of people i've never had a problem with windows update tools.

Lets see..one button press vs a multitude of steps. no brainer.
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Thats not how they all work. Dell, IBM/Lenovo, Optical drive vendors and many motherboard vendors offer Windows based flashing and it does not simply reboot your PC into a Linux environment. The tools are proper Windows programs which flash with a progress bar in Windows and then reboots when its finished straight back into Windows.

For someone to be on this forum discussing about flashing SSD firmware it's a fair assumption that their tech level is at a point where burning a CD or USB stick would not be considered a big task. It also gives you far more control over the procedure and rules out Windows as a point of failure.
 
Yeah, my Gigabyte BIOS updater is certainly just purely Windows based. With dual BIOSes, though, I feel a lot less nervous about a bad flash...if it fails, I can boot from the second BIOS, and reflash the primary BIOS with the backup just after POST....of course this isn't the case with an SSD, but just saying for motherboard BIOS updates.
 
While I do agree with Coup for the most part about eliminating software glitchs when it comes to such important hardware/data?.. I myself do all my secure erases and firmware updates with a toolbox nowadays.

As for flashing mobo bios?.. well.. regardless of the latest advancements in flashing procedures.. many mobo mfgrs still recommend using the mobo's built in dos based utilities after having copied the bios revision to USB or other media. That should say a lot right there as to their confidence in Windows and internet connections.
 
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