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I want my old BIOS back - help

Discussion in 'Processors and Motherboards' started by lucic88, Nov 28, 2008.

  1. lucic88 Newcomer, in training

    Hi there I recently updated my bios on my Toshiba using WINPHLASH.
    Just before I did, it made a backup of my old bios as a BIOS.BAK file..
    How do I use this to go back to my old BIOS as my fans are not keeping the laptop as cool as they use to be!

    Thanks!
  2. kimsland Ex-TechSpotter Posts: 18,353

    Quote from Toshiba for floppy boot up, bios update
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  3. lucic88 Newcomer, in training

    That's OK if I want to update my BIOS with a new version who have extension
    " .ROM " ... but I now have backup file of my old BIOS and his extension is " .BAK " .
    I don't know what to do whit this file? How to use it to back to my old BIOS?
  4. kimsland Ex-TechSpotter Posts: 18,353

    rename BAK to ROM

    Then restore by floppy bootup

    I cannot help on this thread anymore because Bios updates are very very specific to model.

    My replies therefore must be very general
  5. lucic88 Newcomer, in training

    OK...Changing the extension is a big risk in this case...I think.
    anyway...kimsland thank you a lot for your help !!!
  6. kimsland Ex-TechSpotter Posts: 18,353

    Changing the extension is not a risk, unless the file is opened with some application

    If you are concerned about losing the backup ROM file (by the way it's a good guess that ROM is the extension) Then just copy the file, then rename the copied extension
     
  7. Tedster Techspot old timer..... Posts: 10,047   +11

    simple - rename the old BIOS file to the new bios name- then reburn the EPROM. ensure the new bios is saved as something else.

    Read the updating BIOS guide in the guides forum, courtesy of moi.