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by colin.fritzke

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I've been thinking and trying to find a way to save my CMOS settings in a folder instead of a disk. I was told by someone in my class that there is a way to save your CMOS settings in a folder on the PC instead of on a disk. Does anyone know how to do this or if this can be done at all?

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by sparent

I'm assuming that you already have the utility that saves your CMOS settings to a "file". (I haven't used on in a long time!)

This file can be stored, as any other file, on a floppy disk or on a hard disk.

Typically, you do not want to save the file, other than as an extra copy, on your hard disk. This is because when you lose your CMOS settings, say the CMOS battery died, you will not be able to get to the hard disk!

In fact, you will most probably only be able to use your FDD. Usingthe utility to restore your CMOS settings, should give you access to your hard disk again.

by sparent

I'm assuming that you already have the utility that saves your CMOS settings to a "file". (I haven't used one in a long time!)

This file can be stored, as any other file, on a floppy disk or on a hard disk.

Typically, you do not want to save the file, other than as an extra copy, on your hard disk. This is because when you lose your CMOS settings, say the CMOS battery died, you will not be able to get to the hard disk!

In fact, you will most probably only be able to use your FDD. Using the utility to restore your CMOS settings, should give you access to your hard disk again.

by sparent

I'm assuming that you already have the utility that saves your CMOS settings to a "file". (I haven't used one in a long time!)

This file can be stored, as any other file, on a floppy disk or on a hard disk.

Typically, you do not want to save the file, other than as an extra copy, on your hard disk. This is because when you lose your CMOS settings, say the CMOS battery died, you will not be able to get to the hard disk!

In fact, you will most probably only be able to use your FDD. Using the utility to restore your CMOS settings, should give you access to your hard disk again.

by nsceml

There is no way to "export" your cmos settings to anything on any bios that I have ever seen. Usually what people are talking about is making a note with pencil and paper of what the settings are and then going back and resetting them using your notes after a flash or battery change

by daven71

I've read some of the answers posted here. Each one makes valid points but aren't all completely accurate. Per Microsoft, there is NO utility that saves you CMOS to disk that comes with your OS. Also, it is NOT true that there is nothing that will do this for you. There are applications you can download that will do this. Microsoft says to do a print screen and print it out for looking at later when restoring which one answer addressed. However, there is a great shareware product called:CMOSSave v2.5 It will allow you to save your CMOS config to disk. Make sure to save it to floppy and not your HD. You can get a free download at
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,0000BR,.html
This will do the trick!

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