Method for automatically updating and backing up the BIOS

A method for automatically updating the BIOS used in data processing devices, wherein, via a wireless transmission device, a data processing device receives a BIOS files from an electronic device, by which to updates its own BIOS file and also makes a backup copy of said BIOS file;

• said method comprising the following steps:
• receiving a BIOS file via said wireless transmission device;
• checking said BIOS file to see if it is correct;
• writing the BIOS's updating codes into the system's boot sector if said BIOS file is correct;
• and
• terminating the BIOS updating process if said BIOS file is not correct;

A method for backing up and salvaging the BIOS, particularly one that is used in an electronic device, which, after having received and verified a correct BIOS file, comprising the following steps:

• performing the first boot precedure;
• copying said BIOS' updating codes of said system's boot sector to a BIOS's backup sector if said first boot precedure start the data processing device successfully;
• copying the source codes of said BIOS's backup sector to said system's boot sector if said first boot precedure fails to start the data processing device;
• and
• performing the second boot procedure after said source codes of said BIOS's backup sector has been copied to said system's boot sector.

An electronic device that can transmit BIOS files by wireless means, comprising:

• a memory to store at least a set of BIOS file;
• a computing unit to run said BIOS file to be transmitted;
• a wireless transmission device to transmit said BIOS file designated by said computing unit;
• and
• an I/O port module to be used as an interface between said computing unit and said wireless transmission device.