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‎08-10-2022 02:14 PM - last edited on ‎08-10-2022 03:13 PM by Retired

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01-25-2009 07:37 AM. My Presario 2195US does not have a diskette drive, but the HP website only gives instructions. for downloading software that creates a bootable diskette to update the BIOS. Is there another. way to update the BIOS in my laptop? Apparently most of the other laptops in the 2100 series. do have a diskette drive but mine does not.

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‎08-10-2022 04:34 PM

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I believe there is a Winflash Utility available for download which would allow you to run the update from within Windows. You can also format a usb memory stick as floppy emulation and use that but Winflash is likely more reliable. HP no longer will have support easily accessible for this which complicates matters a bit. 

 

http://hpnotebookdrivers.com/model/compaq-presario-2100-notebook-pc-amd-drivers/

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‎08-10-2022 04:34 PM

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I believe there is a Winflash Utility available for download which would allow you to run the update from within Windows. You can also format a usb memory stick as floppy emulation and use that but Winflash is likely more reliable. HP no longer will have support easily accessible for this which complicates matters a bit. 

 

http://hpnotebookdrivers.com/model/compaq-presario-2100-notebook-pc-amd-drivers/

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‎08-11-2022 01:29 PM

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Thanks. Will give it a try.

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