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‎09-15-2025 09:31 AM

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Need to update my HP Notebook Bios from USB with Dos environment.

System ID 81F1

Processor : Intel Pentium CPU N3710

Current Bios version : F.50

 

Created a bootable usb flash drive in DOS with the Bios file sp112241_1.exe. Need to know do I need to extract the files from these to the USB also using Winzip. 

 

Thanks in advance.

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‎09-15-2025 10:22 AM

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Please post the full model # of your PC.

 

Notebook system board info doesn't help.

 

From the information I could find when I googled 81F1, I get a 250 G5 notebook.

 

HP 250 G5 Notebook PC Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Support

 

The latest BIOS update is F.52 and you can use another Windows PC if yours is not working or you don't have Windows installed to create a USB recovery drive.

 

Watch these videos for how to create and use a BIOS recovery flash drive with the above exe file using another Windows PC:

 

How to make and use the BIOS recovery flash drive to recover or update the BIOS outside of Windows.

 

Creating a BIOS Recovery Flash Drive for HP Notebooks | HP Notebooks | HP Support

 

How to recover/update your notebook's BIOS with the USB recovery drive and try to recover the BIOS.

 

Restore the BIOS with a Recovery Flash Drive on HP Notebooks | HP Notebooks | HP Support

 

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