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  • openminded
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    • Apr 2017
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    #41
    Originally posted by volinakis
    GUIDE TO USE DELL PFS EXTRACTOR or other extractors from BiosUtilities (my way)

    1. Download BIOSUtilities (thanks to platomav) and move folder "BiosUtilities" to Desktop
    https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities
    2. Install python 3.11.0 or higher (both versions for 32bit and 64bit)
    3. Download Dell bios update from Dell site (in my example bios update for Dell Latitude 3420) and move it to "BiosUtilities" from Desktop.
    4. RENAME update exe WHITOUT SPACES AND DOTS! In my example "Latitude_3420_Latitude_3520_1.37.0.exe" to "Latitude_3420_Latitude_3520_1_37_0.exe"
    5. Open cmd as admin and go to folder "BiosUtilities" from Desktop. For win10 win11 drag&drop "Dell_PFS_Extract.py" [space] "Latitude_3420_Latitude_3520_1_37_0.exe" and hit Enter. (for win7 use copy/paste)
    6. For ALIENWARE use "Insyde_IFD_Extract.py", is not AMI bios but Insyde!
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    Thank you for the write up. I pretty much did that and Python never got added to PATH.
    When trying to run from the dir, all kinds of dependencies didn't work, because Python couldn´t even finf standard libs.
    Absolute Windows related garbage, since in the PATH variables, I did see the directories set properly - they just didn´t have any effect.
    After losing many hours trying to solve that and getting sick and tired of it, I ran it once on Linux and it just works, despite the author writing about compile errors.
    So for anyone having those PATH issues, or any other, I recommend using Linux.

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    • Kaluluka
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      • Jul 2012
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      • BAHRAIN

      #42
      Originally posted by volinakis
      GUIDE TO USE DELL PFS EXTRACTOR or other extractors from BiosUtilities (my way)

      1. Download BIOSUtilities (thanks to platomav) and move folder "BiosUtilities" to Desktop
      https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities
      2. Install python 3.11.0 or higher (both versions for 32bit and 64bit)
      3. Download Dell bios update from Dell site (in my example bios update for Dell Latitude 3420) and move it to "BiosUtilities" from Desktop.
      4. RENAME update exe WHITOUT SPACES AND DOTS! In my example "Latitude_3420_Latitude_3520_1.37.0.exe" to "Latitude_3420_Latitude_3520_1_37_0.exe"
      5. Open cmd as admin and go to folder "BiosUtilities" from Desktop. For win10 win11 drag&drop "Dell_PFS_Extract.py" [space] "Latitude_3420_Latitude_3520_1_37_0.exe" and hit Enter. (for win7 use copy/paste)
      6. For ALIENWARE use "Insyde_IFD_Extract.py", is not AMI bios but Insyde!
      Click image for larger version Name:	1.png Views:	0 Size:	82.1 KB ID:	3340740 Click image for larger version Name:	2.png Views:	0 Size:	85.5 KB ID:	3340741 Click image for larger version Name:	3.png Views:	0 Size:	9.9 KB ID:	3340742
      Hi!
      THANK YOU, but it does not work in Windows (10 or 11).
      Regards!

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