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DaggaDagga · 10-11-2006, 13:23

Many PCs have dual bios these days. The updater runs in Windows, fills the unused half of memory and instructs it to use this next time it boots. Then, on reboot, if the new version doesn't work it will switch back to the old one.

No messing about with boot disks etc. I've updated loads of Dells using their updater under Windows and have never had a problem.

10-11-2006, 13:23	#6
DaggaDagga Inactive Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hampshire Services: Royal Mail snail mail. No telly. Wind-up gramophone. Posts: 125,837.56 Posts: 385	Re: Bios upgrade in Windows XP pro (is it possible?) Many PCs have dual bios these days. The updater runs in Windows, fills the unused half of memory and instructs it to use this next time it boots. Then, on reboot, if the new version doesn't work it will switch back to the old one. No messing about with boot disks etc. I've updated loads of Dells using their updater under Windows and have never had a problem.