
The instructions sometimes involve bespoke utilities that may even be particular to the upgrade process on a single model. In addition to the tools described below, many laptop pages include individualized instructions for a particular model. EXE on a USB stick and use the F12 boot menu to access the firmware's flash utility).

I cant remember if there was another box confirming update but if there was I confirmed.

In the cmd box type "Dell file name" /forceit.Ī box open up with option of updating Bios etc.Ĭlick yes to update Bios. Insert HBD on USB stick, start computer, boot from the XP option that comes up.įind the dell file on the USB stick, copy to XP desktop.

This is the way I managed to do it using Hiren boot disk.ĭownload Hiren Boot Disk and create Hiren Boot disk on USB (Google this if you need to)Įnter Bios of latitude by pressing F2 key at startup.Įnable "start up" from USB and disable all other startup options. I tried most of the ways in the forums, which did not work. I had a Dell Latitude 13 (win 10 圆4) which I wanted to update the bios to A02.

Save the contents of that temp directory somewhere (you can then close the error dialogue, the temp files will be removed).Users//AppData/Local/Temp), there should be somewhere a temporaryĭirectory containing the extracted files from the EXE file (for me it Navigate to your current users temp directory (e.g.Run the downloaded file, you will get an error like "No battery" or "Low battery", stay on the error dialogue (!).Download the BIOS update from Acer site (ZHK116.EXE).Just got through this "upgrade bios without battery" hell on my Acer E11.
