How can I make a Vista Boot Disk so I can update my BIOS

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agentphish

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So have an intel mobo, and there is a BIOS update for it, but the windows exe that Intel provides to flash it right from inside windows doesn't work in Vista 64 Ultimate.

So My other options are to create a bootable USB stick or a bootable CD. I actually don't have a USB stick I can use for this, so I want to go the CD route. Either way I don't know how I can make a bootable Vista disk that gets me to a command prompt that I can put these bios files on so then I can run the bios update.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated as I think this BIOS update could solve some problems I'm having getting things running smoothly.

Thanks!
 

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Yeah, I just figured that out. I wasn't sure if Vista was any different. I've basically not used windows/pc's for about 4.5 years in any real capacity. (I beacame a mac convert)

So far I'm not liking vista very much but this new system I built has 4gb ram so Vista 64 it is.

Thanks
 

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I used a windosw 98 boot usb stick to flash my bios. The reason that you do not need a vista boot disk is because vista will not have loaded yet. Do not try to flash the bios through a gui OS a there is alot going on in the background and if any errors arise you will end up with a paperweight.
 

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    I5 3570K
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You can also check the BIOS itself for any Update utilities (it may even be a different keystroke at POST to access it) so that all you need is the new ROM file on floppy or USB memory stick.

ASUS motherboards can update their BIOS this way - there is a separate ROM-based utility so that a boot disk is not required.
 

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    Custom Build
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    AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
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    ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi
    Memory
    2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
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    ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO
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    SAHARA 21"
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    2 x 80GB Seagate (I)
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    800W
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    Thermaltake Tai-Chi
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    Tai-Chi Water Cooler
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    Genius
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    Logitech
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    384kbps
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    Currently dual booting between Vista x64 Ultimate Windows 7 BETA x64
Also most mobo manufacturers driver disks double as boot disks these days, so it might just be worth trying that.
 

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    Ryzen 9 5950X
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    Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
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    Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
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    ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
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    Creative
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    3 x27" Dell U2724D & 1 x 34" Dell U3415W
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    Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State
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    1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
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    ThermalTake Level 10 GT
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    Enermax Liqtech 240
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    Surface Ergonomic.
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    Logitech Performance MX
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    Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer
    Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
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    windows 10
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    1.9GHz Intel Core i5-4300U (dual-core, 3MB cache, up to 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost)
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    4GB
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    Intel HD Graphics 4400
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    12" Multi Touch
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 144
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    128GB
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    Logitech
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    yes
    Internet Speed
    350 Mb/s
The only minor snag I found going the boot floppy route is that the Vista "startup floppy" produced through Explorer only leaves 867k free on a 1.44Mb diskette, insufficient room for the 1Mb BIOS and its flasher program. Everything except command.com, io.sys and msdos.sys can be safely deleted to make room.

Like Asus, modern Gigabyte boards don't need a bootable disc (floppy or optical), the normal system boot sequence can be interrupted (<F8> or <End> key) and the built-in flasher pointed to the new BIOS file on any convenient media, such as a pendrive.
 

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