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Hi, Joe.
Why? You certainly don't need it for the BIOS flash.
But there are MS-DOS programs that can read NTFS. I haven't tried them, but
the one I've heard most about is NTFSDOS by Sysinternals, available at:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml.
RC
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Microsoft Windows MVP
"Joe Donaldson" <tryitoz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:33cea2e8.0406251405.7feceb10@posting.google.com...
> Thanks. My big problem now is to create a boot disk for DOS that can read
> NTFS.
>
> THanks, Joe
>
> "R. C. White" <RCWhite@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:<eCZ$DlrWEHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...
>> Hi, Joe.
>>
>> As you know, "how to flash a BIOS" is not a Windows question because the
>> BIOS flash happens long before Windows begins to load.
>>
>> In WinXP, it's very easy to make an MS-DOS startup diskette. (I haven't
>> used Win2K in nearly 3 years, so I've forgotten how to do it there.)
>> Just
>> make sure a blank (or expendable) diskette is in the floppy drive. Then
>> right-click on Drive A: in My Computer (or Windows Explorer). Choose
>> Format..., then on the next menu, choose "Create an MS-DOS startup disk".
>>
>> This creates an MS-DOS boot floppy that just boots MS-DOS - and quits at
>> the
>> A:> prompt. You can then add whatever drivers, utilities or other
>> programs
>> that you need or want on that floppy. If your hard drive volumes are
>> formatted FAT (any version), you can read them after booting from the
>> floppy, but you can't read any NTFS volumes (without a third-party
>> program).
>>
>> The only BIOS flashes I've done have been for mobos with Award BIOS -
>> never
>> a Gateway. I download a self-extracting .exe file of about 256 KB; this
>> extracts into a .bin file containing the actual BIOS code, and
>> AWDFLASH.EXE,
>> which writes that .bin to the EEPROM, plus a .bat file with the proper
>> command, and a Readme. All these extracted files fit comfortably on the
>> boot floppy, so I just extract them to there, then set my computer to
>> boot
>> from the floppy and reboot. After the flash completes, I remove the
>> floppy
>> and reboot to my HD - and check the opening screen to be sure that the
>> BIOS
>> line at the bottom has been updated. Usually, the only part of that line
>> that has changed is the date. Then the boot continues to load Windows as
>> before.
>>
>> > If I am running Windows 2000 with NTFS, can I take a WIN 98 DOS Boot
>> > diskette with the system on it and then copy all the bios update files
>> > to it and reboot the computer?
>>
>> Sure. The BIOS flash procedure does not need to read the HD at all. It
>> needs just MS-DOS itself (io.sys and msdos.sys) and the files extracted
>> from
>> the BIOS package.
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "Joe Donaldson" <tryitoz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:33cea2e8.0406241620.422535a@posting.google.com...
>> > What is best way to Flash Bios Update on a computer?
>> >
>> >
>> > I have run into a few scenarios helping my friends to flash their
>> > Bios. Gateway makes it a bit difficult for their older computers.
>> >
>> > However to make it simple.
>> > If I am running Windows 2000 with NTFS, can I take a WIN 98 DOS Boot
>> > diskette with the system on it and then copy all the bios update files
>> > to it and reboot the computer?
>> >
>> > I ask this since Windows 2000 and am not sure about XP do not (to my
>> > knowledge) have a way to create a DOS Bootable Diskette. I have of
>> > course been to www.bootdisk.com
>> >
>> > ..however I am wondering if my proposed solution would work for all
>> > Windows computers since we are flashing the BIOS and this a a pre
>> > Windows load event.
>> >
>> > Thanks, Joe
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