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Possible to upgrade BIOS without floppy disks?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:55 am
by arif
Hey,
I have a 600e. Without a floppy disk drive. Can I download the spsdih47.exe and burn it to a CD and run it from windows 98 in the thinkpad CD drive? or must I make it bootable somehow, and how?
I've got a usb flash disk, but Windows claims it needs a driver. I thought the whole point about a flash drive was that it was class compliant blah blah, didn't need drivers? Is this a sign with something not right in my OS? Only i dont want to have to burn a CD everytime just to transfer some files across!
Thank you
Re: Possible to upgrade BIOS without floppy disks?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:02 pm
by pianowizard
arif wrote:I've got a usb flash disk, but Windows claims it needs a driver.
Are you using Windows 98SE? All USB drivers I have used require drivers for Win98SE, but usually not for Win2K or XP.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:10 pm
by arif
I don't know how to tell I'm afraid. I'm an absolute windows newbie (have more experience in the mac os and linux domain)
at the side of the start bar, it says Windows 98 (with no mention of SE) if that helps
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:13 pm
by pianowizard
arif wrote:at the side of the start bar, it says Windows 98 (with no mention of SE) if that helps
It's most likely 98 Second Edition, because my understanding is that 98 First Edition doesn't even support USB ports. You can right-click on the "My Computer" icon and select "properties" to find out what operating system you have.
You need to go to the USB drive manufacturer's web site to download the appropriate driver for Win98SE.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:15 pm
by arif
Cheers for the swift replies pianowizard. I'll look now for a driver, but that still means i have to burn a CD. grr.
Any idea on the bios update thingy?
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:10 pm
by pianowizard
arif wrote:Any idea on the bios update thingy?
I think I tried flashing the BIOS from a CD once but failed, so I will let others help you with that.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:41 pm
by cmarti
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:07 pm
by Stargate199
pianowizard wrote:
It's most likely 98 Second Edition, because my understanding is that 98 First Edition doesn't even support USB ports.
Actually 98 first edition does. I had a Pentium II with Win98FE with USB ports and I never has an issue. There were some versions of Windows 95 that supported (or lack there of) USB.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:11 pm
by pianowizard
Stargate199 wrote:Actually 98 first edition does. I had a Pentium II with Win98FE with USB ports and I never has an issue.
I am surprised, because I read somewhere that a new feature of Win98SE was USB support. Anyway, all the USB devices (probably around 20 of them) that I have used require at least 98SE.