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    How do I backup a HP insyde bios

    Discussion in 'HP' started by T2050, Jun 22, 2012.

  1. T2050

    T2050 Notebook Deity

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    I have two New release HP's that have BIOS that are earlier than the initial release versions.
    Due to them being different, I would like to back them up before I flash, just in case they are better than the newer versions in some way.
    How do I backup an Insyde BIOS from a HP laptop?
     
    T2050, Jun 22, 2012
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  2. xAcid9

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    not sure about dv6z-7k but my dv6t-6k can roll back to any version of bios with a simple reinstall.
     
    xAcid9, Jun 22, 2012
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  3. T2050

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    Can you please explain further what you mean by a simple reinstall?
     
    T2050, Jun 22, 2012
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  4. baii

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    back up the HP_TOOLS partition(Should be a folder name Hewlett-Packard,which SHOULD be able to use as a restore on any FAT partition). other than that not sure ~~
     
    baii, Jun 23, 2012
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  5. kisetsu17

    kisetsu17 Took me long enough

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    There's a BIOS rollback feature on the dv6t-7000 series' System Information during startup, IIRC. You can use it to back up and restore BIOS, I think.
     
    kisetsu17, Jun 24, 2012
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    I still haven't been able to dump this BIOS trying those methods above.
    The BIOS on this ENVY 4 is different to everyone else. I am go to put it up for everyone here, someone else here want to have a look inside.
    Anyone got any other ideas?
     
    T2050, Jul 10, 2012
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