Re: upgraded motherboard - biosinfo.inf error occurs

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:03:48 -0700

Peter: thanks - however, I don't know how to upgrade the
bios if I can't boot the system. I do not have a means to
copy or store a new file or connect thru to the internet
(except thru my other computer).
>-----Original Message-----
>It's just possible that your bios need an upgrade. I've
found these people
>helpful. http://www.esupport.com/
>
>--
>Peter.
>Toronto, Canada.
>Windows XP Home SP2.
>Pentium 4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1gb DDR.
>"Robert" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:002201c4942d$2381ba00$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> We are pretty confident that the mother board is all
>> setup correctly. We get an error "windows cannot start
>> because the following file is missing or corrupted:
>> winnt/inf/biosinfo.inf"
>>
>> It tells to try using windows disc to repair it, but we
>> can't get into windows to repair. Any key we press at
>> this point just restarts the boot process and takes us
to
>> the same error point.
>>
>> We have tried a MS-Dos boot disk - that will not open
>> either.
>>
>>
>
>.
>

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