Flash BIOS from XP recovery console?

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DWalker

Most of my computers are now floppy-diskless.

**Is the Windows XP recovery console enough of a DOS environment that I
could use that to flash a BIOS?**

I can install a recovery console environment without having to add a floppy
drive.

Alternatively, I could set up a dual-boot to Windows 98SE's DOS (which can
read my C drive which is FAT32), but it seems that I would have to add a
floppy drive back in (at least temporarily) to get this added.

Thanks for any advice.

David Walker
 
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt DWalker said:
Most of my computers are now floppy-diskless.

**Is the Windows XP recovery console enough of a DOS environment that I
could use that to flash a BIOS?**

I can install a recovery console environment without having to add a floppy
drive.

Alternatively, I could set up a dual-boot to Windows 98SE's DOS (which can
read my C drive which is FAT32), but it seems that I would have to add a
floppy drive back in (at least temporarily) to get this added.

Thanks for any advice.

David Walker
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You can make a bootable CD ....
 
You can make a bootable CD ....
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I have a CD that boots to Windows (using BartPE), but I suppose I would
need DOS on a CD. I would have to put the flash code on there too.
Hmm, that might work.

I'm not exactly sure how to make a bootable CD with DOS, but I could
probably figure it out.

Alternatively, a bootable DOS on a CD that could read a USB drive would
be convenient.

I have also considered making a bootable USB drive that has DOS on it.

Thanks.

David
 
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