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So I am not the most computer savy person around so I need a little help here. I was doing some reading and noticed everybody recommends upgrading BIOS so I checked and mine is version 1.06 or 26 rather then 36. What is odd is that I am running windows XP w/o any problems when I read you must update in order to install XP.. obviously I didnt.

Anyway when I try to upgrade the BIOS, nothing happens. I created a boot floppy and copied the new BIOS upgrade from IBM. So I go thru some crap and hit enter to read the readme file. After that It asks me to insert a blank disk to copy the files too so I do that and every single try I get an error saying the disk is bad... its not bad! wtf am I doing wrong?

btw this is a 600E 400mhz p2, 10GB hd, 128mb ram.(model 2645-8BU)

I really love this laptop. Its 1000x nicer than the old Dell I used to own! I only wish the battery lasted longer:(

You have to run the program you downloaded while it's on your HD and IT will make a bootable floppy with the BIOS upgrade utility and BIN file on it.

Then you BOOT your unit from this floppy and it will upgrade the BIOS.

Regards,

James

THANKS! The problem ended up being the stupid a: vs b: designation of the floppy drive. I for some reason was unable to change that so I had to create the disk with my desktop.