Trying to install new bios upgrade on my Dell inspiron 8200

[leandro25]

After down loading the upgraded bios on my floppy disk.I downloaded to my computer.I get this message,cannot run under a protected environment.Press any key to exit.Rom update not performed.

[Steve R Jones]

THe instruction below are for my Dell... Did you use a BOOTABLE floppy and boot from it to avoid the proteced environment error?

Run the BIOS update utility from DOS or DRMK environment (Non-Windows users)


NOTE: You will need to provide a bootable DOS or DRMK USB Memory Key. This executable file does not create the DOS or DRMK system files.


Copy the file 530_1018.EXE to a bootable USB Memory Key.


Boot from the USB Memory Key to the DOS or DRMK prompt.


Run the file by typing Y:\530_1018.EXE (where y is the drive letter where the executable is located).

If you look again, you should find the other version that allows you to run it from within Windows.