So, even though I can't access the hard drive in Freecdos, the firmware update
should work?
On Thursday, July 17, 2014 7:57 PM, tomehlert t...@tomehlert.de wrote:
As I mentioned earlier, Freedos requires a ATA legacy mode in BIOS, which I
don't have.
wrong.
Found this in the archives
So, even though I can't access the hard drive in Freecdos,
you can access the harddrive from FreeDOS
the firmware update should work?
I don't have the faintest idea if the firmware update will work, but
YES
On Thursday, July 17, 2014 7:57 PM, tomehlert t...@tomehlert.de wrote:
As I
When flashing bios you want to be bare bones because a driver / tsr can
interfere with the process and brick your mobo.
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The main reason I want Freedos is to flash my hard drive with the latest
firmware. I assume that the hard drive cannot be found for this purpose
without legacy ATA support. I suppose unnecessary drivers (or worse necessary
ones?) can brick a hard drive too?
I wonder if it would be better if
Found this in the archives
http://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/26625851/
UIDE/UIDEJR can run AHCI drives on mainboards that have a legacy or native
IDE
setting for AHCI controllers, i.e. the drives can be addressed using standard
SATA/IDE I-O logic.
In simple terms, I'm
2014-07-17 16:02 GMT+02:00, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net:
The main reason I want Freedos is to flash my hard drive with the latest
firmware. I assume that the hard drive cannot be found for this purpose
without legacy ATA support.
Maybe the best idea could be... to call techsupport of
I would assume the oem hdd flash software would detect if you're attempting
to flash a non-visible/non-existent drive. The flashing instructions on
the Dell site (
Mine is a Western Digital WD10EALX. The file R313263.exe extracts to
C:\dell\drivers\R313263. The readme.txt in the directory is as follows:
THE INFORMATION, FIRMWARE AND TOOLS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED UPDATES AND
MODIFICATIONS (THE “INFORMATION”), CONTAINED HEREIN IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS”
BASIS
The readme says bootable USB key I assume they mean a DOS one. Especially
due to licensing issues making one that boots Windows is a *REAL* project.l
On Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:01 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote:
Mine is a Western Digital WD10EALX. The file R313263.exe
The readme says bootable USB key I assume they mean a DOS one.
Especially due to licensing issues making one that boots Windows is a *REAL*
project.l
search for RUFUS (RUFUS_v1.2)
install to USB key
add your WD files
boot from USB key
Tom
On Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:01 PM, Bill
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote:
The readme says bootable USB key I assume they mean a DOS one.
Especially due to licensing issues making one that
boots Windows is a *REAL* project.l
Or maybe not. Apparently with Vista and 7 it is easy to copy the
dmccunney:
Note that says installation disk. That means you can potentially
start an install of Vista/7 from a USB drive. It does not mean you
can create a portable Windows installation that will *run* from a
thumbdrive.
Me:
If I can copy files to the flash drive
and get to a DOS prompt and
dmccunney:
Note that says installation disk. That means you can potentially
start an install of Vista/7 from a USB drive. It does not mean you
can create a portable Windows installation that will *run* from a
thumbdrive.
Me: If I can copy files to the flash drive and get to a DOS prompt and run
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Bill Haught wlhaughtpr...@att.net wrote:
dmccunney:
Note that says installation disk. That means you can potentially
start an install of Vista/7 from a USB drive. It does not mean you
can create a portable Windows installation that will *run* from a
On 2014-07-16 17:18 (GMT-0700) Bill Haught composed:
Only SATA Modes available are AHCI and RAID
Looks like I'm S.O.L.
BIOS has no mention of IDE or Legacy anywhere at all? If not, I would think
AHCI would include some degree of legacy support.
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The wise are known for their understanding,
Also you try booting with uide as Rugxulo mention (config.sys) or
try booting from cd.
On Wednesday, July 16, 2014, Felix Miata mrma...@earthlink.net wrote:
On 2014-07-16 17:18 (GMT-0700) Bill Haught composed:
Only SATA Modes available are AHCI and RAID
Looks like I'm S.O.L.
BIOS has no
On 2014-07-16 18:55 (GMT-0700) Louis Santillan composed:
Also you try booting with uide as Rugxulo mention (config.sys) or
try booting from cd.
I wouldn't try that myself except as an absolutely last resort. Most flash
utilities that come with any documentation warn that DOS needs to be
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