How do I update the firmware of my computer?

[MrYogi]

It does not have a floppy drive. When I tried to execute the .exe file I downloaded from the website, it asked me to put a floppy. 🙁
How can I tranfer the files onto a CD and update the firmware from it?

 

[hjo3]

I think you could burn a boot CD and throw the firmware-updating files on it. I don't know if they create other files when you run them... if they do, you'd need some sort of RAMdisk-type app on there too.

 

[Zepper]

See, you can't really do without a FD. Cost less than $10. these days - no excuse! If you don't want anyone to see it, just mount it loosely and push it back behind the bay cover when not in use.
. Many govt agencies and businesses do that for their user computers as they don't want their users messing with floppies, but their techs find 'em useful.
.bh.
:moon:

 

[hjo3]

Zepper, why couldn't he do it the way I suggested?

 

[jfunk]

Originally posted by: hjo3
Zepper, why couldn't he do it the way I suggested?

I believe it because the exe self extracter he is using is coded to only go to the A: drive, just based on the way the quetion was phrased.



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[hjo3]

Originally posted by: jfunk

Originally posted by: hjo3
Zepper, why couldn't he do it the way I suggested?

I believe it because the exe self extracter he is using is coded to only go to the A: drive, just based on the way the quetion was phrased.

That sounds unlikely, but even if it's so, you could still 'emulate' the A drive with RAMdisk-type apps. I have a boot CD that does exactly that... makes it look in every way like you've got a floppy drive on A that you can use.

 

[PrincessGuard]

The file s/he downloaded is probably a WinImage self-extractor, which writes a floppy image directly to the drive. There's no option to extract the files from the image.

You may be able to get around this by running the file, checking your temp folder for the image file (it'll be 1.44MB), then use Nero's floppy emulation with the image file.

Edit: If it is indeed a WinImage self-extractor, then you should be able to open the EXE with WinImage.

 

[Zepper]

The reason you should always have a FD is for flashing the BIOS. If your first attempt fails, a FD may be the only way to recover as most BIOSes these days have a hard wired boot-block that only works with FDs.
. Plus you are always less likely to get a bad flash if you use a minimal DOS on floppy to boot from. Of course, there are lots of other ways to make the first attempt. FD express! Don't flash your BIOSes without it... 🙂
..bh.
:sun: !