Denaes Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 my computer (Dell Inspirion 8500) has a bios update, but it's only available on a Floppy Image. Now, it being a laptop, I don't have a floppy drive and I didn't think they were still a standard. I'd at least like the option to burn it to disk or throw it on my USB Jump Drive and boot from one of those two devices. Anyone know if/how this is possible? Quote
Joe Mamma Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 my computer (Dell Inspirion 8500) has a bios update, but it's only available on a Floppy Image. Now, it being a laptop, I don't have a floppy drive and I didn't think they were still a standard. I'd at least like the option to burn it to disk or throw it on my USB Jump Drive and boot from one of those two devices. Anyone know if/how this is possible? Cant you burn to CDROM and then set your current bios setup to boot from cdrom? Dell is pretty good about making an EXE flash Quote Joe Mamma Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Amendment 9: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Denaes Posted July 22, 2004 Author Posted July 22, 2004 Cant you burn to CDROM and then set your current bios setup to boot from cdrom? Dell is pretty good about making an EXE flash 1 is .exe harddrive flash. Another is floppy only. I remember in the past (when my desktop's A: drive went on the fritz) all the bootdisks were in a special format and couldn't be burned to CD, but I found a special app to go into the Floppy image and extract the files, similar to what WinISO does with CD images. Quote
Joe Mamma Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 1 is .exe harddrive flash.[/Quote] and you dont want to use this??? Quote Joe Mamma Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Amendment 9: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Denaes Posted July 23, 2004 Author Posted July 23, 2004 and you dont want to use this??? One is just general Bios Flash, that one is a .exe on the hard drive. the Bios Flash for the video card functions is floppy only. Two distinct updates... maybe updating different devices? Quote
Jay1b Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 Do you actually need this bias upgrade? Most of the time they are irrelevent. I wouldnt TRY an untested method of doing a bias upgrade, not something u want to go wrong! Quote
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