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Using the floppy version did the trick. &nbsp;Thank you very much.
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Using the floppy version did the trick.  Thank you very much.

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I am trying to upgrade the BIOS on this laptop (service tag # gpxx811) from A08 to the latest A15. &nbsp;I've tried going directly to A15 and also to A12 as an intermediate step. &nbsp;I'm using the Windows/floppy-less upgrade programs. &nbsp;Whenever I run it, I get &quot;Dell BIOS Upgrade Setup Failed - Unable to obtain required information about your system. &nbsp;Setup cannot complete.&quot; &nbsp;Any ideas on why this is happenning would be greatly appreciated. &nbsp;Thank you.
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I am trying to upgrade the BIOS on this laptop (service tag # gpxx811) from A08 to the latest A15.  I've tried going directly to A15 and also to A12 as an intermediate step.  I'm using the Windows/floppy-less upgrade programs.  Whenever I run it, I get "Dell BIOS Upgrade Setup Failed - Unable to obtain required information about your system.  Setup cannot complete."  Any ideas on why this is happenning would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

Unable to upgrade BIOS on Dell Inspiron 8100

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.