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eSelect FlashBIOS Updates for the download category.
fClick Go.
3Follow the instructions on the screen to download the BIOS update
utility.
NOTE: For some Dell systems, you are given a choice to create a diskette
containing the BIOS update files or to download a file yo u can use from
the hard drive. Select the choice to use the file that requires no
installation mechanism, or appl ication. This allows you to do wnload a file
that you can use from the hard drive.
4Go to an MS-DOS prompt.
5Change to the drive and file path where you downloaded the utility.
6Typ e t h e c o mm a nd xxxxx -writehdrfile (where xxxxx is the name
of the BIOS update executable file on the diskette) and press
<Enter>.
This generates a file with an .hdr extension, and a message appears
indicating that the .hdr file has been written.
7Copy the .hdr file to a blank, formatted diskette.
NOTE: This diskette does not have to be bootable. All operations for the
recovery utility are performed by the BIOS, and no boot files are required.
8Insert the diskette into the diskette drive of the malfunctioning
computer. Then turn the computer on.
The computer automatically regenerates the BIOS from the diskette.
9Remove the diskette from the diskette drive so that the computer does
not boot from the diskette the next time you start the computer.