Asus V-Series P5P43, User Manual

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ASUS V4-Series P5P43 5-5
5.1.2 Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type
format
A:
/
S
then press <Enter>.
Windows
®
XP environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
®
desktop, then select My Computer .
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format . A Format 3 1/2 Floppy
Disk window appears.
e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field,
then click Start .
Windows
®
Vista environment
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk
drive.
b. Click from the Windows® desktop, then select Computer .
c. Right-click Floppy Disk Drive then click Format to display the
Format 3 1/2 Floppy dialog box.
d. Select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk check box.
e. Click Start .
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy
disk.