Floppy drive

[gsteffens]

I have an Abit IP35E, and I am looking to get the BIOS update to get rid of the double boot and it appears as if I need a floppy drive to do so.

Will this one work for what I have to do? How do I format the floppy disc to be bootable?

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model SFD321B/LBL1 - Floppy Drives

 

[carnageX]

Use a flash drive instead. I updated BIOS on my Gigabyte P35-DS3R, and it recognizes it fine. Just put all your data on it, in a subdirectory with the BIOS files in the root directory, or use an empty flash drive.

 

[gsteffens]

you mean like a jump drive? can the IP35E even boot from that?

 

[carnageX]

Yes, a jump drive (same thing as a flash drive). It should be able to...most if not all newer boards are able to boot off of USB devices.

 

[S0ULphIRE]

If you go into your BIOS setup, there should be an option in there which enables you to boot from a flash drive (usb drive, jump drive, whatever u call it).