Backup BIOS/ UEFI before flashing

Silverthunder · ‎08-12-2019

I would like to backup my HP 500-336 UEFI/ BIOS before flashing. I looked around in the interface (pressed F10 when booting) but I don't see any option in there to back up.

Grzwacz · ‎08-12-2019

Greetings,

Welcome back to the forum.

I am not a HP employee.

I have never seen a BIOS Backup option on a HP consumer PC.

HP has a BIOS recovery option (Link).

Avoid using HP Support Assistant when doing BIOS updates.

Regards

Silverthunder · ‎08-13-2019

Do you know where that UEFI backup is stored? I am just wondering if it's something that's only on the hard drive that shipped with the computer (like a recovery partition for the UEFI, similar to recovery partition for Windows).

Grzwacz · ‎08-13-2019

Hi,

Pretty sure the BIOS firmware is in a hidden partition named HP_TOOLS.

The HP Hardware Diagnostics 4-1 USB Key (Link) supports recovering a corrupted BIOS on some PCs. I have no idea if your PC is on the supported system list.

Scroll down the site link to see this download option.

Regards