Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines

re: Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines

JayC — Mon, 14 May 2007 22:25:40 GMT

I tried and tried and tried to get this to work, and I simply couldnt. I would either get access denied trying to create teh bootsector or get a Missing OS error.

I found a set of intructions very similar to these, but with a couple twists, namely the use of the copype.exe tool.

I found them here: http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/joshs_blog/archive/2007/02/05/creating-a-bootable-winpe-2-0-usb-key.aspx

its essentially the same setup with different steps.

re: Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines

GlennR — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:52:34 GMT

Anyone successfully update their BIOS? Two Intel updates have come and gone and I'm still trying to figure out an easy way to update my Bios. Anyone tried bootable CD-R?

re: Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines

nm — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:13:13 GMT

I am having the same exact problem on a dimension e510. Any help is much appreciated.

re: Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines

mkliao — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:53:51 GMT

I tried to run the bootsect from C:\ and it finally got rid of the access denied crap...however, after I restart with the usb key, it shows 0xc000000f error "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause...The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible" on my Ferrari 4000 machine...Please Help! TIA~

re: Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines

sk — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:33:22 GMT

very good

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Connected to Vista Bookmarks — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:46:16 GMT

64-Bit Support Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines (Robert McLaws) Steve Gibson's

re: Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines

MvdP — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:10:57 GMT

Run bootsect from your harddrive instead of the USB-stick and you shouldnt get the Access is Denied error.

re: Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines

Bryan Powell — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:29:07 GMT

Try as i might, I can not get this to work. The cmd prompt gives me an error stating I do not have permissions:

"Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:

Access is Denied"

re: Solution for Updating the BIOS on Windows Vista x64 Machines

peconi — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:39:55 GMT

Thank you! Very good tip. Featured on my site :)

Cheers,

Petar