Help I can't backup my discs

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  1. DevinC

    DevinC Member

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    hey I found this site that has some older firmware on it but I need to know how to back up the current firmware. I have LtnFW. But I don't know where the files are.

    Here is the link to the older firmware

    http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html
     
    DevinC, Dec 31, 2005
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    D evin, I posted a big response to you yesterday afternoon and somehow it didn't get posted. I guess I should have checked before I closed the window. This was the link I had posted. :)

    Just run LtnFW utility program. One of the options is to backup the current firmware. Then use the same utility to select the downloaded firmware and flash the new. You'll have to go in steps starting with the earliest firmware, BS01. If that flashed, then jump to the next level, BSOC, etc. These jumps may still be too big. If they are then go back to the last firmware in the previous level and try that one.

    There's some mini-instructions on this thread:

    http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83294

    Download the firmware to your desktop so it'll be easy to find when you go to flash.
     
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  3. DevinC

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    I got BS01 to run just fine. Do I need to reboot after each update? which one should I try next? In the taskbar the cd drive comes up as new hardware is this normal?
     
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    You should be able to go to the latest firmware. Part of the problem probably was your old firmware BGS4. All 1633 firmware starts with BS. Someone may have flashed it with the wrong firmware previously. That could cause the new firmware to not recognize it as a 1633. Fortunately you managed to get it flashed with the BS01 firmware. Yes you should reboot after installing new firmware. With a firmware update ypur computer should see it as a new drive. That's why you need to reboot. You don't have to update in steps. You should be able to go to the newest one, BS0Y. It is more difficult to go to an earlier firmware, but if you don't like a newer one you can go back although I haven't done it in a while since the newest is usually the best.

    Dave
     
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    Don't worry about the new device message. You don't have to restart your system in between. It's a drive thing, not an OS thing.
     
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    I guess we were typing at the same time. Some of my drives force me to reboot after upgrading firmware. Maybe the Lite-On doesn't. It doesn't hurt anything to do it though.

    Dave
     
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    Thanks Laddyboy and everyone who helped I now have the latest firmware and I have already backed up my Mr. And Mrs. Smith DVD.
     
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