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3.6 BIOS Recovery
It is unlikely that anything will interrupt a BIOS update; however, if an interruption occurs, the
BIOS could be damaged. Table 34 lists the drives and media types that can and cannot be used
for BIOS recovery. The BIOS recovery media does not need to be made bootable.
Table 34. Acceptable Drives/Media Types for BIOS Recovery
Media Type
(Note)
Can be used for BIOS recovery?
Hard disk drive (connected to SATA or USB)
Yes
CD/DVD drive (connected to SATA or USB)
No
USB flash drive Yes
USB diskette drive (with a 1.4 MB diskette)
No (BIOS update file is bigger than 1.4 MB size limit)
NOTE
Supported file systems for BIOS recovery:
NTFS (sparse, compressed, or encrypted files are not supported)
FAT32
FAT16
FAT12
For information about
Refer to
BIOS recovery
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-034524.htm