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can anybody tell me if i can restore my old bios from an usb memory, i dont
know wich is my bios, ami, award, phoenix??? my laptop is acer aspire 1640z
help me please
 
ACER can tell you and even supply a new motherboard if
required. The BIOS is part of the computer, if it still
works you can use the key listed in the manual to access the
BIOS. If the computer doesn't work because you've destroyed
the BIOS, you need the ACER factory help.

If the ACER website support pages list BIOS updates and the
computer still works you may be able to update the BIOS.

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_1640z_1650z.html




| can anybody tell me if i can restore my old bios from an
usb memory, i dont
| know wich is my bios, ami, award, phoenix??? my laptop is
acer aspire 1640z
| help me please
|
|
|
 
Ted Zieglar said:
Your question is moot because a BIOS cannot be backed up.
Click to expand...

Bullsh*t.

ALL BIOS flash utilities I have used for the
last ten years allowed you to backup the current
BIOS before an upgrade.
 
Your question is moot because a BIOS cannot be backed up.
Click to expand...

In a certain sense, the BIOS is always backed up. You need only go to the
MB manufacturers web site to find the original BIOS and all updates. If it
is just a question of a few settings being messed up, just download a file
and update the BIOS. Instructions are provided. Usually you will be asked
if you want to save the old BIOS. All done with a floppy.
 
Any bios flash program I have run from a floppy disk allows backup of the
old bios (space permitting) onto the floppy. This is insurance in case you
have to roll back to the old bios.

This is not an option, to my knowledge, if you flash the bios from within
Windows - which is how, I assume, you have been doing it.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
"Any bios flash program I have run from a floppy disk allows backup of
the old bios (space permitting) onto the floppy."

Ooops.

However, this has not been my experience.
 
It has been my understanding that updating the BIOS from a
floppy is not a procedure without risk. If there is a
problem, such as a power spike or failure, the BIOS can be
damaged in such a manner that the floppy won't boot the
computer, requiring a new mobo or at least a new chip
flashed from another working computer.

BIOS updates from within Windows do seem to be the preferred
method, at least from what I read on the INTEL website.



| "Any bios flash program I have run from a floppy disk
allows backup of
| the old bios (space permitting) onto the floppy."
|
| Ooops.
|
| However, this has not been my experience.
|
| ---
| Ted Zieglar
| "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
|
| Richard Urban wrote:
| > Any bios flash program I have run from a floppy disk
allows backup of the
| > old bios (space permitting) onto the floppy. This is
insurance in case you
| > have to roll back to the old bios.
| >
| > This is not an option, to my knowledge, if you flash the
bios from within
| > Windows - which is how, I assume, you have been doing
it.
| >
 
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