Assume you update your BIOS and the update causes problems, stuff doesn't work the way it did with the previous BIOS. If you save the older one you can flash the BIOS back to its previous state.  I always save the old ones until I've seen how well the update does for a few weeks.  No problems, and I may delete it, or not.

>Here is an odd question.
>I never "just save" a BIOS I am not updating.
>(I do save them when updating/flashing...)
>
>Is there any particular reason a person should
>have a copy of their current BIOS?
>If it gets destroyed, the computer will not boot
>to a floppy to be able to re-flash anyway, right?
>
>Which part/(parts) of this am I missing...
>
>A related question:  I am assuming a BIOS can
>be down-graded to an older version. (Never
>had to...) Is this correct?
>

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