Updating BIOS

[Martin Glazer]

Freedoms is the correct program. I use it. Good luck

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 11:22 AM Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 06:10:28 -0800, Martin Glazer stated:
> >I use a program called truedos it's freeware it boots from a USB
> >drive. I put the updated bios from Dell onto the USB drive and book
> >the computer from it. And just execute the bios update from there.
>
> I never found that program; however, I did find FreeDOS, which I have
> used in the past. In any case, it turns out I didn't need any of those
> applications. Apparently Dell has updated the way a BIOS is updated. I
> simple needed to clean and format a USB device -- fat 32 seems to be
> what is required and then place the BIOS update program downloaded from
> Dell onto the stick. Reboot and press F12. A screen comes up and one of
> the options is to FLASH the BIOS. I chose that options. At this point
> the mouse becomes inoperative. A screen appears and the name of the
> file I placed on the USB stick is shown. Using the TAB key, I highlight
> that file and then move to the INSTALL option. Everything is automated
> from that point on.
>
> I wish all of my systems were that easy to update.
>
> --
> Jerry
>