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From: ICU on 21 Jul 2010 09:48
As the subject says I'm looking for a freeware program that can back up the
CMOS data on a WinXP box that needs to have it's battery replaced. Is there
such a program? Any help would ne appreciated.

TIA
ICU
From: rich on 21 Jul 2010 12:26
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:48:11 +0000, ICU wrote:

> As the subject says I'm looking for a freeware program that can back up
> the CMOS data on a WinXP box that needs to have it's battery replaced.
> Is there such a program? Any help would ne appreciated.
>
> TIA
> ICU

you could try cmossave

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/CMOS-save-
CMOSrest.shtml

lots of files in the .zip but look for the 3 .com files
cmossave
cmosrest
cmoschk
and of course the text file that explains all.

Its a dos app really meant for running from a bootable floppy which you
would probably need if everything was wiped out, but it does work from a
command window. syntax cmossave c:<file.nam> , could not be much simpler.

Also a good idea to make your own backup with pencil and paper or a
digital camera.

From experience, if you are quick with the battery swap, you might not
require to restore the settings.


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rich
From: s|b on 21 Jul 2010 12:48
On 21 Jul 2010 13:48:11 GMT, ICU wrote:

> As the subject says I'm looking for a freeware program that can back up the
> CMOS data on a WinXP box that needs to have it's battery replaced. Is there
> such a program? Any help would ne appreciated.

Which motherboard? My ASUS motherboard has a built-in function that can
do that (save BIOS settings to the motherboard or save them to a flash
drive).

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s|b
From: ICU on 21 Jul 2010 16:18
"s|b" <me(a)privacy.invalid> wrote in news:4c4724c3$1_4(a)news4us.nl:

> On 21 Jul 2010 13:48:11 GMT, ICU wrote:
>
>> As the subject says I'm looking for a freeware program that can back
>> up the CMOS data on a WinXP box that needs to have it's battery
>> replaced. Is there such a program? Any help would ne appreciated.
>
> Which motherboard? My ASUS motherboard has a built-in function that
> can do that (save BIOS settings to the motherboard or save them to a
> flash drive).
>

It's an older board Asus P5VDC-MX rev1.
I went ahead and made the battery switch already, took less than a minute
everything seems to be ok.
How would I go about finding out if this board has the feature you mention.
I also have another Asus MB P5KPL-CM that might have that feature if I knew
where to look.(G)
Thanks for the reply much appreciated.

ICU

From: ICU on 21 Jul 2010 16:21
rich <rich(a)nohome.com> wrote in news:_cF1o.292671$k15.84227(a)hurricane:

> On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:48:11 +0000, ICU wrote:
>
>> As the subject says I'm looking for a freeware program that can back
>> up the CMOS data on a WinXP box that needs to have it's battery
>> replaced. Is there such a program? Any help would ne appreciated.
>>
>> TIA
>> ICU
>
> you could try cmossave
>
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/CMOS-save-
> CMOSrest.shtml
>
> lots of files in the .zip but look for the 3 .com files
> cmossave
> cmosrest
> cmoschk
> and of course the text file that explains all.
>
> Its a dos app really meant for running from a bootable floppy which
> you would probably need if everything was wiped out, but it does work
> from a command window. syntax cmossave c:<file.nam> , could not be
> much simpler.
>
> Also a good idea to make your own backup with pencil and paper or a
> digital camera.
>
> From experience, if you are quick with the battery swap, you might not
> require to restore the settings.
>
>

Thanks for the info, I guess I was quick enough made the switch this
morning only thing needing changed was the dat and time,everything else
seems to be working ok. Thanks for the reply , much appreciated.
ICU
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