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cj1976
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_ 		17. January 2009 @ 20:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I need to boot to real dos so I can flash the bios on my GPU using ATIFLASH. However, I don't have a floppy drive on my PC. Virtual floppy doesn't seem to work with Vista 64, so I'm a bit puzzled.
I downloaded a boot-disk CD image, but when I went into DOS, my computer wouldn't access the CD-ROM.
Has anyone had experience of doing this?
Thanks in advance
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silk42
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_ 		21. January 2009 @ 11:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Here's a well written guide on how to create a bootable USB DOS drive.

http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm

I wanted to note that the CD-ROM doesn't work if it's SATA. However, you can simply copy the files that you need to the thumb drive and install the firmware from it.
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