@ Busykid508, I downloaded the tools by using your link. I am running windows 7 pro 32bit and window R2 standard 64 bit. I tried the Winflash.exe under both systems. The error message is the same. At first, I used a user belonging to the administrators group. The error message is: Load driver failed! Then, I used run as administrator to run this program, I got: command line parameter incorrect! So I made a usb bootdisk and ran the awd873 /f ...bin (just followed the instruction). I got the awd 8.73 tools, program name to run .....bin and also the do you want to save to bios (y/n). I tried to press y/n, it didn't respone at all. I have to restart. My desktop pc is inspiron 518. I updated the bios from 1.0.3 to 1.0.8 by dell original utility. Please help! Thanks.
I have an inspiron 518 with a phoenix bios, can I use this modified bios ? Also, can someone help me out with how to create a bootable USB drive. I'm using HP USB Disk Storage to format the thumb drive to become bootable. When it asks what format do I use FAT32 or FAT? Once either one is chosen it asks for location of DOS Files, where do I go for that? I'm using windows 7.