If you are running Win98, you make a bootable floppy by going to format, and "copy system files only". You can't make a bootable floppy with XP, it doesn't have DOS. I'm not sure about 2000 and ME. If that is the case, you need to go to bootdisk.com, and download the files. Load these, the flash utility, and the BIOS file on to the floppy. Make sure to write down the name of the BIOS file, you'll need to tell the flash program. If you want to double check this, there is a good BIOS flashing guide on the front page in the guides, and more info at WIM's BIOS. Take your time, double check everything. If you mess it up, you'll have a real problem. Nothing that can't be solved, but it might result in some down time. And we all know how awful it is to be without a computer!