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reviewed/updated October 18, 2012

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One may want to read this entire .txt file if no 1.44.

Yes, this bios flashing bootdisk was created by me, and has been the number
one util for bios flashing for over 15 years. And, it's carried by many
motherboard makers, including ASUS and Abit, my 2 favorites.

It has NO drivers loading. And I created it with special care to assure that
no extra Bytes/bits are on the disk that could interfere with any operation
or file copying. It should have room for your flashing utility, your new
bios file, and space for the backup of your original bios in case you need
to go back.

Note that all three (3) files are the same ie:
Driver Free Disk For BIOS Flashing 1 | 2 | 3 | About
They are simply mirror sites.

One may, of course, make this disk on a PC with a 1.44, then add the bios 
flashing files, then burn to a CD, choosing of course, "Bootable Data Disc",
or similiar lingo. 

This way one can make the CD on a PC with a floppy but use it on the PC with
just a CD to flash the bios. 

[Older flashing utilites had a menu, one could just flash, or backup first. 
Old school thinking, if flashing from CD, was to make your bios flashing CD, 
but only run the bios backup option from your HDD, save the backup to HDD, 
then add/copy the backup to the CD. So, if bios flash failed, one could use 
the CD to put back the original bios. Recall, if you flash and it does not 
go well, one may "lose" your HDD until you "restore".]

[Modern bios flashing utils may just want to automaticallly backup before
flashing, thus the letter from a user as follows:]

["Popular opinion states that flash utilities write (the old bios) before flashing. 
This is why floppy drives are required.  The alternative is complicated.
A cdrom bios upgrade will fail the write, and this is the reason why 'they' 
do not recommend or support the cdrom flash method. Wouldn't it be efficacious
to include virtual drive programs in order to flash from?  I seem to recall 
the last time I flashed my bios from cdrom, I used a virtual drive.  A flash 
program that requires writing a backup copy can write to a virtual drive."
wrote Hamid M.]

[Thank you Hamid M.]

Or, one can go to http://www.bootdisk.com/popfiles.htm for a CD version of
a bios flash disk. readme/1st here: http://www.bootdisk.com/txtfiles/flashcd.txt

For a non-Windows based image of this disk for linux users please go to
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

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Kindest regards. 
Ed Jablonowski
Bootdisk.Com