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 sc
2014-07-17 16:02 GMT+02:00, Bill Haught :
> 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 the
manufacturer (or
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 (
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=NJKYF&fileId=3176063597&osCode=W764&productCode=studio-xps-7
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 wrote:
Mine is a Western Digital WD10EALX. The file R313263.exe extracts to
C:\dell\dr
> 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,
On Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:10 PM, Bill Haught 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 Instal
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Bill Haught 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
> Installati
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
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Bill Haught 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
>> thumbdrive.
>
> Me:
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