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[Laz]

Since winme does not allow you to format a disk with the startup files, as windows 98 does, how do you flash the MB bios or video card bios without a clean startup disk?

 

[Bad Dude]

You can use the old Win98 bootdisk to flash your BIOS.

 

[Hyperchronismos]

I'm not sure why people seem so confused on the whole "BIOS flashing under WinMe" issue.You can create a "WINDOWS ME STARTUP DISK" in the same way as under Win98.If you remember you were even asked to do so during the installation.

 

[Laz]

No confusion about the bootup disk, I already have one, but the disk is over 1 meg in size and only has 288KB left on it, that won't fit the flash utility and bios update. I also wasn't aware that it did a clean boot without loading any unecessary drivers and utilities.

The Win98 boot disk doesn't work, it didn't on mine anyway, it read the disk and stated that the disk did not contain files for this operating system (don't remember the exact wording, but the same as when there is a drivers disk or any other non boot disk in the drive).

I formatted a disk and copied command.com, autoexec and config files from the winme bootup disk but havn't tried it yet, just in case I mess up my bios. Anyone tried this yet?

 

[dave8311]

You should have the boot disk on one floppy, and the flash program and bios files on another floppy.

They don't need to be on the same floppy.

 

[xtreme2k]

boot from the win9x boot disk

the bios flash program can be on your hard disk
since when you are told that bios flash program must be on floppy?

if u use another floppy for the flash
after u flash u should have a 'no-command.com' error
this is no big deal tho since u restart the comp anyway

 

[TechMaster]

I don't understand what is tha big **Woos..** about the BIOS Flashing under WinME

1)
You can create a Windows ME startup disk and delete all the unnessesery files & utillities from it... - Leaving command.com & *.sys

2) My Favorite Way:

Put your flash program and BIOS update file on your C:\ (Doesn't have to be the Root Directory) boot from your "WinME StartUp Disk" in "Minimal Boot" Mode and flash from the Hard Disk - MUCH Safer than Froppy (less chance for 'Bad Sector...' or similer errors) And A LOT FASTER TOO !! (The shorter the flash prosses.. the less is the chance that an error will happen...) - Done it on my Asus P3V4X twice and on 60 P133's at school WITHOUT A SINGLE ERROR OF ANY SORT

 

[Carrot44]

Never Mind go find an old dos boot disk

 

[bonkers325]

just because winme doesnt have dos prompt and u must boot from a floppy disk doesnt mean u cant flash your bios in dos
just use your hard disk and a regular boot disk

 

[Bozo]

www.bootdisk.com

Bozo

 

[AMB]

I put the Me Boot Disk in and press SHIFT+F5, then insert another disk with the BIOS update