TITLE: HP Business Desktop BIOS Replicate Utility for ROM Family 7050

VERSION: 1.20 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains a DOS-based and Microsoft Windows-based utility for the 
listed desktop models and operating systems that enables you to save the F10 
BIOS settings from one computer to a file that can be used to replicate the F10 
BIOS settings on other computers with the same ROM family and same BIOS 
version.

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP30310
SUPERSEDES: None
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 2005
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops

PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP dx5150 microtower: All Models
HP dx5150 small form factor: All Models

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
FreeDOS
Windows 2000
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Professional

LANGUAGE(S): 
Global

ENHANCEMENTS: 
- Provides the initial release of the utility.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A

HOW TO USE: 
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.

2. Execute the downloaded file. Two folders will be created in the download 
directory, a DOS folder and Windows folder. When running this utility, you 
choose either the DOS-based utility or the Windows-based utility. You do not 
need to use both. Instructions for running the DOS-based and Windows-based 
utilities follow.

NOTE: Before running this utility, be sure to set all the options in the F10 
BIOS so they are set as you want them. After they are set, you can use this 
utility to save the F10 BIOS settings and restore or load them to another 
computer.

RUNNING THE DOS-BASED UTILITY

NOTE: The DOS-based utility needs to be run in native DOS mode, not from a DOS 
session in Windows.

1. From the DOS prompt, change your directory to the DOS folder in the download 
directory.

2. Use one of the following commands to save the F10 BIOS settings to a file or 
to restore the settings to another computer once they have been saved in a 
file:
cmostool save [filename]
cmostool restore [filename]

NOTE: If you don't specify a filename when saving the settings, the filename 
defaults to ''cmos.dat.''

RUNNING THE WINDOWS-BASED UTILITY

1. Open a DOS session in Windows.

2. From the DOS prompt, change your directory to the Windows folder in the 
download directory.

3. Use one of the following commands to save the F10 BIOS settings to a file or 
to load the settings to another computer once they have been saved in a file:
BIOS save[:filename]
BIOS load[:filename]

NOTE: If you don't specify a filename when saving the settings, the filename 
defaults to ''cmos.dat.''



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