Backup BIOS error for A7V

[Guest]

On my new computer I mounted m.b. A7V with Windows ME operating system; I am very happy with this mb : I think it is a very good m.b.

I encountered only this problem:
I was not able to backup on floppy disk the BIOS with utility AFLASH with BIOS 1007.
With O.S. Windows ME it's impossible to create a startup floppy disk with DOS command FORMAT a:\S as usggested; the only way is to create a startup disk using the function available with ME; on this floppy I copied utility AFLASH.
I try to use this floppy: I reboot the PC and I ask for a minimum size startup; I run AFLASH and I selected option 1 for backup BIOS: during the copy of the BIOS AFLASH prompted message : DISK WRITE ERROR and the copy is not completed;
I take another test removing from the floppy disk the files autoexec.bat and config.sys : the problem is still present.
The free space on the floppy was 100 Kbytes.

Please help me resolving this problem.
I escuse for my bad english, thank you very much
Carlo

 

[camieabz]

Copy the files:

Command.com (c
IO.sys (c
Msdos.sys (c

This should be adequate for a boot disk. If you want you may want to add the files:

Autoexec.bat (c
Config.sys (c
Fdisk (c:Windows/command)

The winzip file called EBD might be useful for CD-ROM support but it is quite large.

Windows/command/EBD

P.S. Make sure you have a good back-up of your system files and make sure you back-up your BIOS when given the option.

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[louis]

as far as my experience goes a bios file could be 256k in size. 100k free space on your flop is not enough.
Also Asus got an internet-liveupdate for bios in your mobo using windows-ME i believe. check out thier site for more details.
You should be able to use startupdisk from win 98 or 98se also. maybe one of your friends could make you one.

 

[khha4113]

Create your startup disk by WinME and <b>delete all files <font color=red>except</font color=red> <font color=blue>COMMAND.COM, IO.SYS</font color=blue> and <font color=blue>MSDOS.SYS</font color=blue></b>. It will boot to DOS for flashing your BIOS and should have enough space for backing up your old BIOS.

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