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MY BIOS EXPLODED!!!
"I've been having problems with a file and would like to know if any of you are familiar with it. I've re-formatted my hard-drive several times. Before
formatting, I tried to do a disc repair with my OS disc for Windows XP Media Center edition, it keeps prompting me for an Administrator password! I never set a password to begin with, when I installed the disc. So I decided to load XP Pro to see if it would do a repair without an Admin. PW. To my surprise, when I tried to do a disc repair instead of re-formatting, it prompts me for an Admin. PW! Jeez! So every time I do a security scan with PC Security Shield 2007... there is a "suspicious file" that I've never seen or heard of before. It says, "Windows/System32/bios1.rom" "has been archived and cannot be scanned" So I re-formatted a couple more times, and what do you know..... the file is still there!! I googled it and came up with several pages, but not sure how to get rid of this file. Obviously, my BIOS has become corrupted! I contacted Microsoft but no one seems to know what this file is or how to fix the problem. I tried to download the update here for my Inspiron 1505 "6400" I think it is,
but unfortunately for now, I don't have a spare battery to download the BIOS utility. Anyone here familiar with this file,"Windows/System32/bios1.rom"??? I'm all out of ideas here! I would hate to have to buy a notebook from Gateway or HP, even though they are alot cheaper for what options you get, compared to this $1,285 soon to be "cup coaster" if this virus takes affect! Toss it against the cement wall in my front yard perhaps? I don't know. Warranty expired after 1 yr. Had this for 2 yrs. now. Thanks for your replies."
formatting, I tried to do a disc repair with my OS disc for Windows XP Media Center edition, it keeps prompting me for an Administrator password! I never set a password to begin with, when I installed the disc. So I decided to load XP Pro to see if it would do a repair without an Admin. PW. To my surprise, when I tried to do a disc repair instead of re-formatting, it prompts me for an Admin. PW! Jeez! So every time I do a security scan with PC Security Shield 2007... there is a "suspicious file" that I've never seen or heard of before. It says, "Windows/System32/bios1.rom" "has been archived and cannot be scanned" So I re-formatted a couple more times, and what do you know..... the file is still there!! I googled it and came up with several pages, but not sure how to get rid of this file. Obviously, my BIOS has become corrupted! I contacted Microsoft but no one seems to know what this file is or how to fix the problem. I tried to download the update here for my Inspiron 1505 "6400" I think it is,
but unfortunately for now, I don't have a spare battery to download the BIOS utility. Anyone here familiar with this file,"Windows/System32/bios1.rom"??? I'm all out of ideas here! I would hate to have to buy a notebook from Gateway or HP, even though they are alot cheaper for what options you get, compared to this $1,285 soon to be "cup coaster" if this virus takes affect! Toss it against the cement wall in my front yard perhaps? I don't know. Warranty expired after 1 yr. Had this for 2 yrs. now. Thanks for your replies."
sackzementnochm
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Posted April 16th, 2008 19:00
Hi,
it is normal to be prompted for a Administrator password if a system repair is attempted. If you haven't set one, it should be blank, so just press "Enter" key.
Secondly, the presence of a file named bios1.rom in c:\windows\system32 is normal, since it is copied during the Windows installation. Nothing to be worried about.
Michael
Message Edited by sackzementnochmal on 04-16-2008 03:48 PM- How can you be sure if the file is legitimate? This file wasn't on my computer until the past few months. When I would do a security scan after formatting back in last year after re-formatting, this file wasn't on here. So how would it just "mysteriously" show up after archiving itself? Really wierd! Google it and see what you think. Windows/system32/bios1.rom
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Posted April 19th, 2008 21:00
I have the file too so don't worry, a BIOs Update from the DellWebsite should probablly rewrite this file making sre it isn't a virus, but I would take this as a last resort.- Yeah.... your probably right. I'm just being paranoid. I just can't figure out why it suddenly appeared. I've done dozens of security scans with PC security shield 2007 since I purchased this laptop in the past. And I've never seen this file before. Maybe it's some sort of new file from Microsoft. I sent a couple of e-mails to tech-support at Microsoft about it today. Hopefully, somebody there will give me some info about it. It may have something to do with me not "partitioning" my drive when I re-formatted. But then again, I've never partitioned this drive before. By the way, what kind of anti-virus software do you use? Same kind I have? This file is archived on your drive too when you click on the results? I'm using Mcafee for my new desktop I just bought. It came with a 90 day trial offer. I'm considering switching to PC Security Shield 2007 when it runs out. Free tech support is a GODSEND. Only thing is, I don't think their current version is VISTA compatible. Unless I order the 2008 version. And the guy at tech support said that Spyware Doctor from PC Tools isn't compatible with it! So I'm not sure. Thanks for your help man. Logan.
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Posted April 20th, 2008 08:00
I use McAfee Security Centre 8 at high firewall settings it seems to block all unwanted programs, has protected me when friends were attacked by a threat on msn, that crippled thier system. The virus scan says theres no problems with this file. Also since McAfee is "Dell Recommended" its scanning system may be more adjusrted to dell systems and files.
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Posted April 14th, 2008 17:00