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Upgrade to a New BIOS Appendix B
Upgrade the BIOS from an
External Floppy Disk Drive Follow these steps to upgrade the BIOS in your computer from an external floppy
disk drive.
1. Attach the following external peripherals to your computer:
• Display
• Keyboard
• Floppy disk drive
2. Follow step 2 through step 7 in Upgrade the BIOS from an External CD
Drive starting on page 49 before proceeding to step 3 in this section.
3. Open the downloaded file to locate and extract the executable (*.exe) file.
4. Run the extracted executable file and then write that file to a floppy disk
inserted in the external floppy disk drive.
This creates a BIOS upgrade floppy disk that you can use to start your
computer.
5. With the BIOS upgrade disk in the external floppy disk drive, restart the
computer.
6. During POST, press F2 to access the BIOS set-up utility.
7. Navigate through the BIOS set-up utility to where you can select the
floppy disk drive as your boot source.
8. Save your change and exit the BIOS set-up utility.
9. Follow the directions that appear on the display to properly upgrade the BIOS.
TIP
Use the arrow keys on a keyboard to navigate between BIOS menus
and menu selections.