How to flash BIOS from HDD

bacillus

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you don't say what OS you're using but if it's win9x/ME then if you put the flasher and the .bin file on the root of the hard drive, then boot to command prompt only, using F8 at boot up, you can run it from the C drive.
Just enter the flash program XXXXXXXX.EXE, or what ever, then when it prompts you for the program to flash, you must also enter the path, ie. C:\xxxxxxxxx.bin or whatever the file name is. Follow the rest and flash away. Don't disturb anything during the flash program. Once done, delete those files from the root of the drive.
 

SuperSix

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Oct 9, 1999
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I usually make a directory on the C:\ drive called "BIOS", and copy in the flash program and the BIOS binary file. Then reboot, hit F8, choose "Safe mode command prompt only", and then go to the C:\BIOS directory and commence to flashing.

If you're using Win2K or XP, you will have to use a bootable floppy to flash the BIOS.