Step 8
Select the Image from file option, and then click the […] button to browse for the files you’ll be using.

Step 9
Browse to the Boot Disk folder on your Desktop, type the file name *.* and click Open. You can then select the FLASH.ima file you made in step 2 (this utility only lets you open .iso files, so we’re using *.* to override it). Click Open.

Step 10
Click Next and the USB flash drive will be formatted as a bootable drive.

Step 11
Copy your BIOS update files to a BIOS sub-folder on the USB flash drive – and that’s it!

Step 12
To boot your netbook with the USB flash drive, you’ll need to plug it in and then alter the drive boot priority in the netbook’s BIOS – be sure to plug the drive in before turning on the netbook, else it may not show up in the BIOS.

If your netbook displays a boot menu when you turn it on – press F11 on the MSI Wind for this – you can use this to boot the laptop from the USB flash drive instead.

Step 13
Once your netbook has booted from the USB flash drive, you’ll be at a DOS A:\> prompt – you can now run the BIOS update program.

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Anonymous   |04/07/08 2:47 PM Hey there, thanks for the info. I have done this up to the final stage of creating a BIOs subfolder. However, it do not seem to be working for me. I am using a 1gig usb pendrive, yet I get the message that there isn't enough memory to add the biggest file in the BIOS folder into the BIOs sub-folder. is there something am doing wrong? El. Reply | Quote

joe c  - re: prob   |08/07/08 9:04 PM i have same problem at end of installation and cannot get it to work largest file doesnt install in pen due to no space but am using 8gb pen. I have tried with three pens and to no avail help please Reply | Quote

Julian Prokaza   |09/07/08 1:36 PM Can you create the bootable drive successfully but not copy the BIOS files over, or does the make a bootable drive step fail..? I did this with a 1Gb drive and only 700Kb or so is in use by the end. Reply | Quote

joe catania   |09/07/08 5:56 PM bootable step works but when i try to copy bios files over it says destination drive full and i have tried with 1gb,2gb pen and 8gb sd card. It is always the EN011IMS.105 1,024 KB FILE that doesnt copy over. I have followed evry step word by word Reply | Quote

YourAn Idiot  - S on my D   |18/07/08 9:03 PM Mobo manufacturers have release bios updates that can run from inside windows for years now. They just load them selves into memory. Also they more recently have stated to use some Bootable CDs/USBs because there are *no* more floppy drives. Do some research you retard. Reply | Quote

Thanks for nothing   |05/08/08 11:37 AM Yeah, flashing your BIOS from inside Windows is a magnificent idea. Maybe it's you who should do the research. Usin g a CD is a waste of a disc when you can just put the necessary files on a thumb drive and update that way. Unfortuna tely, with the netbooks you need to go to some length to do it, but it's still better than wasting a CD. And an external FDD can be bought for less than $15 these days. You could run into some difficulty finding floppies, though. Reply | Quote

babis   |22/08/08 10:23 AM Guys,it works,but what he did forgot to tell is that when you load the dos disk immage onto the WinImage application,you must go into the Image menu and sellect change format,then sellect 2.8mb disk.After that save it as an .IMA file and everything works great,flash files fit. Reply | Quote

Niffty   |27/10/08 8:32 AM Thanks,for the help. It was driving me nuts... You did a great job,,,,, Reply | Quote

vebili   |29/08/08 5:27 PM :D Yes, i did it, without FDD, I flashed my ITE Raid Card and I solved my problems with my HDDs. Great explanation and great utility. 10X a lot. :lol: Reply | Quote

ciaocibai     |29/10/08 12:36 PM Thanks for the awesome article! It's nice to have something up to date telling us how to do this. Dang updating the bios is a pain in the arse though! Reply | Quote

bobby   |29/10/08 8:30 PM It doesn't work on me. Error reading .rom file. I have an asus m2n-mx se mainboard and an antec case without floppy connectors. An yway good article! Reply | Quote

cias  - still not done   |30/10/08 7:00 AM hi guys,i did everything step-by-step but when i boot from pendrive it show the same screen as above 'banana' no drivers found,i dont know what to type in there (A:/????). i read about that i should write there 'flash.bat' 'eafudos.bat' but its not working.can u help please,thx Reply | Quote

Jonathan  - pendrive empty after all the steps???   |12/11/08 12:39 PM hey, my pendrive is empty after step 10 there are 0 bytes in the drive. HELP! Reply | Quote

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