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    Question about installing new bios

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Goblinmatt, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. Goblinmatt

    Goblinmatt Notebook Geek

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    Im going to be getting one of these next week if I can find the newer version and i've seen a lot of talk about updating the bios.

    I read that you need a bootable usb drive or something. What is that exactly? How can I tell if my junky college 1gb drive would work? Or can someone link me to a cheap one from BB or something?

    Thanks
     
    Goblinmatt, Oct 2, 2008
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  2. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    it will work you will just need to reformat it in a certain way to make it bootable, there is a guide somewhere, use the search.
     
    royk50, Oct 2, 2008
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  3. bigddybn

    bigddybn Notebook Evangelist

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    If you are talking about the 7811fx bios then you can easily use the windows installer. Frankly though a newer machine will come with it already installed.
     
    bigddybn, Oct 2, 2008
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