To upgrade BIOS under windows XP is not that much of a task, but then, it is not that simple too. First, you need to boot to DOS, if you want them to run as most BIOS programs need you to boot to Disk Operating System. It is actually a safety precaution. You may have to drive the motherboard back to the manufacturer to have the BIOS reinstalled if Microsoft Windows XP were to stop working for the duration of a BIOS upgrade. Upgrading it is one of the activities like don’t fix it unless broken.
Unless you have a specific problem that only a BIOS flash will fix, search for an alternative. Only a detailed / explicit elucidation of the BIOS flash and the problem it is to fix will support the need for the upgrade. Only the MOBO manufacturer will know if the Flash will help. If you’re only upgrading because it may help, then it most likely won’t. And there is a high probability you will destroy your BIOS in the process. If after each effort fails, you still see the necessity to upgrade, find a reliable PC technician and have them carry out the Flash. So, one should be careful while upgrading BIOS. Upgrading it with out any pertinent knowledge is not advisable.
This is really not recommendable for beginners. Once I upgraded my BIOS to fix some problem with restart, but the result was there was some misconfiguration in display. Finally I succeeded in reverting back. Its very hard to take decisions to upgrade the BIOS. If power is lost in the process, mother board is lost…
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Is it possible to Upgrade your BIOS? I mean what does it make sense of the word Upgradation in BIOS? Its a firmware fix or what?
Dear Sir, I have installed window seven on an old computer P4 IDE HDD with existing window XP3 using second hard drive set as Primary Master. But at the end of the installation, after reboot, window comes up with the message saying “The installation was not successful. Changes made during the installation. Process is being undone. Do not restart your computer during this time”. Even I cannot access in the sate mode. I then tried to install window seven on a blank/formatted 80GB IDE HDD through USB Pen Drive but I am getting error “A disk read error occurred”. Also, I tried to install window xp through USB pen drive. But I am getting error “Searching for boot record from SCSI” on pressing Enter showing “NTLDR IS MISSING”. I can set the USB flash drive as first boot device but my pc is not booting through USB. How to fix it? Can you please help. Thanks in advance!