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On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 21:46:07 +0100
"Kenny" <> wrote:

> Have been asked by a friend if there's any utility which will record current
> BIOS settings, perhaps as a text file, to avoid manually writing them all
> down before flashing it. I don't know, is there?
>


The Ultimate Boot Disk allow you to do a backup of your CMOS settings IIRC

http://www.startdisk.com/


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wrote:
>
> > Have been asked by a friend if there's any utility which will record
> current
> > BIOS settings, perhaps as a text file, to avoid manually writing them all
> > down before flashing it. I don't know, is there?
> >
> You can use "print screen" to print 'em out.

Not with a usb printer

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:14:01 -0700, "Ken Blake"
<> wrote:

>In news:eiUYa.1220$ ink.net,
> <> typed:
>
>> "Kenny" <> wrote in message
>> news:bh11vp$tameb$...
>>> Have been asked by a friend if there's any utility which will record
>>> current BIOS settings, perhaps as a text file, to avoid manually
>>> writing them all down before flashing it. I don't know, is there?
>>>
>> You can use "print screen" to print 'em out.
>
>
>Maybe. It requires that you don't have a winprinter and it requires
>that you don't have a USB printer. The result is that for many people
>these days, you can *not* use PrintScrn.

Except under Windows...

Tom

In news:,
Tom MacIntyre <> typed:

> On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:14:01 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> <> wrote:
>
>>In news:eiUYa.1220$ ink.net,
>> <> typed:
>>
>>> "Kenny" <> wrote in message
>>> news:bh11vp$tameb$...
>>>> Have been asked by a friend if there's any utility which will
>>>> record current BIOS settings, perhaps as a text file, to avoid
>>>> manually writing them all down before flashing it. I don't know,
>>>> is there?
>>>>
>>> You can use "print screen" to print 'em out.
>>
>>
>>Maybe. It requires that you don't have a winprinter and it requires
>>that you don't have a USB printer. The result is that for many people
>>these days, you can *not* use PrintScrn.
>
> Except under Windows...


If you read the paragraph I wrote above in isloation, of course what I said is inaccurate and your addition is correct. But read it in the context of the thread, as a reply to what's quoted above my message, and your reply adds nothing.

Of *course*, "except under Windows." But we're not talking about Windows; we're talking about using PrintScrn from within the BIOS setup screens.

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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 09:22:58 -0700, "Ken Blake"
<> wrote:

>In news:,
>Tom MacIntyre <> typed:
>
>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:14:01 -0700, "Ken Blake"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>In news:eiUYa.1220$ ink.net,
>>> <> typed:
>>>
>>>> "Kenny" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:bh11vp$tameb$...
>>>>> Have been asked by a friend if there's any utility which will
>>>>> record current BIOS settings, perhaps as a text file, to avoid
>>>>> manually writing them all down before flashing it. I don't know,
>>>>> is there?
>>>>>
>>>> You can use "print screen" to print 'em out.
>>>
>>>
>>>Maybe. It requires that you don't have a winprinter and it requires
>>>that you don't have a USB printer. The result is that for many people
>>>these days, you can *not* use PrintScrn.
>>
>> Except under Windows...
>
>
>If you read the paragraph I wrote above in isloation, of course what I said
>is inaccurate and your addition is correct. But read it in the context of the
>thread, as a reply to what's quoted above my message, and your reply adds
>nothing.
>
>Of *course*, "except under Windows." But we're not talking about Windows;
>we're talking about using PrintScrn from within the BIOS setup screens.

Ken...I hate it when I forget a smiley. It really does change the
context of a message, doesn't it?

Tom

In news:,
Tom MacIntyre <> typed:
> On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 09:22:58 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> <> wrote:
>
>>In news:,
>>Tom MacIntyre <> typed:
>>
>>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:14:01 -0700, "Ken Blake"
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In news:eiUYa.1220$ ink.net,
>>>> <> typed:
>>>>
>>>>> "Kenny" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:bh11vp$tameb$...
>>>>>> Have been asked by a friend if there's any utility which will
>>>>>> record current BIOS settings, perhaps as a text file, to avoid
>>>>>> manually writing them all down before flashing it. I don't know,
>>>>>> is there?
>>>>>>
>>>>> You can use "print screen" to print 'em out.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Maybe. It requires that you don't have a winprinter and it requires
>>>>that you don't have a USB printer. The result is that for many
>>>>people these days, you can *not* use PrintScrn.
>>>
>>> Except under Windows...
>>
>>
>>If you read the paragraph I wrote above in isloation, of course what
>>I said is inaccurate and your addition is correct. But read it in the
>>context of the thread, as a reply to what's quoted above my message,
>>and your reply adds nothing.
>>
>>Of *course*, "except under Windows." But we're not talking about
>>Windows; we're talking about using PrintScrn from within the BIOS
>>setup screens.
>
> Ken...I hate it when I forget a smiley. It really does change the
> context of a message, doesn't it?


Yes it does. In that case, my apologies for my testy reply.

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