I have a BIOS file .EXE and I want to extract the bainary file from it to flash it to a BIOS chip directly with USB EEPROM programmer.
- What I have tried: Extracting the EXE file with 7ZIP or WINZIP to look if there is a BIN file inside it, But I only find ROM file.
I tried diffrent programs like universal extracter and the same result. Any one have any idea how to do that?
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There are various methods for extracting the BIOS file from the installation files. That file can have various formats: ROM, BIN, FD, CAP, BIO, WPH and EFI.
Use 7-Zip or Uni Extract.
Find in TEMP folder:
Many installers extract the package file into the TEMP directory. Launch the setup and once the first dialog or prompt is displayed, examine your TEMP directory for a newly created sub-directory or file. Copy that file from TEMP folder and then cancel the installation.A Dell
.exeBIOS file can be extracted by runninginstall-file.exe /writeromfile. Other known parameters arewritehdrfileandwritehexfile. Another method is to usePFSExtractor.This threaddescribes using the tool B2MB.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the possible formats.
1For Dell systems drivers:
First - Download all drivers for your system from the Dell website and use those files.
Example - "AREA51-R2_Audio_Driver_JYN2T_WN32_1.00.08_A02.exe" /s /e=E:\Dell
Some 'exe' files will extract under the folder production. Some will extract to the Drivers folder. For those under the Drivers folder I then used the same option to get into the production folder.
FYI: One file I had removed a couple directories. This file had Windows 2000 'W2K*" files. I had to go back and redo the rest of my files.
General Usage:"driver name".exe [/<option1>[=<value1>]] [/<option2>[=<value2>]]...
See listing below for and information.
NOTE:If the folder name contains space, double quotes should be given for folder name
EXAMPLE: /s /e="c:\Folder Name"
Option - Description:
(none) - Display of graphical user interface for guided installation/update or extraction.
/? or /h - Displays this Update Package usage information.
/s - Suppresses all graphical user interfaces of the Update Package.
/e=<path> - Extraction of update contents to a folder.
(NOTE: Requires /s option)
/drivers=<path> - Extraction of only driver components to a folder.
(NOTE: Requires /s option)
/driveronly - Installation/Update of the driver components only.
(NOTE: Requires /s option)
/passthrough ... - (Advanced) Sends all text following the /passthrough option directly to the vendor install software of the Update Package. This mode suppresses any provided graphical user interfaces, but not necessarily those of the vendor software.
/factoryinstall /passthrough (vendor command line parameter) - (Advanced) (commnad line parameters) will be passed to vendor installer directly without parsing MUP.xml. Post installation, If the vendor installer returns REBOOT_REQUIRED or REBOOT_UPDATE_PENDING, it will be turned to SUCCESS.
/capabilities - (Advanced) Returns a coded description of this Update Package's supported features.
(NOTE: Requires /s option)
/l=<path> - Define a specific path for the Update Package log file.
(NOTE: This option can NOT be used in combination with /passthrough or /capabilities)
Example(s):
Update the system silentlyAREA51-R2_Audio_Driver_JYN2T_WN32_1.00.08_A02.exe /s
Extract the update contents to the folder C:\mydir\ AREA51-R2_Audio_Driver_JYN2T_WN32_1.00.08_A02.exe /s /e=C:\mydir
Extract the driver components to the folder C:\mydir\ AREA51-R2_Audio_Driver_JYN2T_WN32_1.00.08_A02.exe /s /drivers=C:\mydir
Only install driver componentsAREA51-R2_Audio_Driver_JYN2T_WN32_1.00.08_A02.exe /s /driveronly
Pass command line arguments directly to vendor installer.
Turn the return code to success if requiredAREA51-R2_Audio_Driver_JYN2T_WN32_1.00.08_A02.exe /factoryinstall /passthrough D:\Sample.xml C:\log\FI.log
Change from the default log location to C:\my path with spaces\log.txt AREA51-R2_Audio_Driver_JYN2T_WN32_1.00.08_A02.exe /l="C:\my path with spaces\log.txt"
