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  • Udemzy
    Senior Member
    • May 2017
    • 161
    • Guatemala

    #1

    Help with Dell PFS extractor

    Hello,I'm trying to extract dell BIOS from the firmware update from Dell support but each time i drag and drop the BIOS on Dell PFS extractor,I get an error message.

    Is there something I'm not doing well or i need to download something else before i can extract?
  • peste
    Super Moderator
    • Dec 2016
    • 12959
    • ROMANIA

    #2
    Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

    Originally posted by Udemzy
    Hello,I'm trying to extract dell BIOS from the firmware update from Dell support but each time i drag and drop the BIOS on Dell PFS extractor,I get an error message.

    Is there something I'm not doing well or i need to download something else before i can extract?
    try this..
    Attached Files
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    • Udemzy
      Senior Member
      • May 2017
      • 161
      • Guatemala

      #3
      Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

      Originally posted by peste
      try this..
      Thanks,I'll try it and post the outcome here.

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      • Udemzy
        Senior Member
        • May 2017
        • 161
        • Guatemala

        #4
        Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

        I'm getting the same error message.
        Attached Files

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        • hoaca388
          Badcaps
          • Jan 2022
          • 11891
          • Socialist Republic of Vietnam

          #5
          Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

          Upload your file here.


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          • SMDFlea
            Super Moderator
            • Jan 2018
            • 21184
            • UK

            #6
            Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

            Originally posted by Udemzy
            I'm getting the same error message.
            PFS Extractor 4.9 will do it.

            Thanks to Plato Mavropoulos for all the great software https://github.com/platomav
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            • stars.4u
              stars.4u commented
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              thanx bro.
          • Udemzy
            Senior Member
            • May 2017
            • 161
            • Guatemala

            #7
            Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

            Thanks i really appreciate,it work fine.

            thanks to everyone that contributed,i appreciate for taking out time to comment.

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            • ali.nb66
              Member
              • Nov 2016
              • 14
              • iran

              #8
              Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

              Originally posted by SMDFlea
              PFS Extractor 4.9 will do it.

              Thanks to Plato Mavropoulos for all the great software https://github.com/platomav
              hi bro
              I am facing this error
              Attached Files

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              • SMDFlea
                Super Moderator
                • Jan 2018
                • 21184
                • UK

                #9
                Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                Originally posted by ali.nb66
                hi bro
                I am facing this error
                Its a different type,it will not extract using PFS extractor.

                Firstly you can extract a rom file by using the command line

                Alienware_m15_R2_m17_R2_1.16.1.EXE /writeromfile

                The rom will be written,then it needs editing to the correct size. You can use AMI_PFAT_EXTRACT software to remove the PFAT header,it will not remove the end part (footer) so it will need further editing with a hex editor. It isn`t a full bios image,it is only a bios update !
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                • siroos_tz
                  Senior Member
                  • Feb 2014
                  • 120
                  • the UK

                  #10
                  Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                  Originally posted by SMDFlea
                  PFS Extractor 4.9 will do it.

                  Thanks to Plato Mavropoulos for all the great software https://github.com/platomav
                  Thanks

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                  • Adebeebs
                    New Member
                    • Feb 2018
                    • 7
                    • Nigeria

                    #11
                    Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                    please where do i get the extracted file?

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                    • lapfix
                      Badcaps Legend
                      • Mar 2020
                      • 2742
                      • my workshop

                      #12
                      Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                      Originally posted by Adebeebs
                      please where do i get the extracted file?
                      https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...95&postcount=6

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                      • Adebeebs
                        New Member
                        • Feb 2018
                        • 7
                        • Nigeria

                        #13
                        Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                        this is what i am getting?
                        my first time using it
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                        • lapfix
                          Badcaps Legend
                          • Mar 2020
                          • 2742
                          • my workshop

                          #14
                          Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                          YOU FIND THE EXTRACTED FILE AT THE SAME FOLDER OF Dell PFS extractor

                          Or if you want make a folder , put the dell exe and Dell PFS extractor in , than drag and drop the exe at Dell PFS extractor exe you will get the extracted files

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                          • almirsilvestre
                            Member
                            • Jun 2020
                            • 42
                            • Brasil

                            #15
                            Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                            Thank you so much

                            Help me to bring my notebook alive again

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                            • cdwayne foremost
                              Member
                              • Mar 2015
                              • 22
                              • jamaica

                              #16
                              Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                              i am loving it,works fine for me...

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                              • EduarDOOX8
                                New Member
                                • Jan 2020
                                • 6
                                • Poland

                                #17
                                Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                                I have a problem. I got message . . Done! But no file is created. I was searched for it manually, nothing. I changed folder, i changed bios, i changed extractor. Every time i got Done! But no file is created. Whats the problem? I searched that python is needed so i installed it but nothing changed

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                                • lapfix
                                  Badcaps Legend
                                  • Mar 2020
                                  • 2742
                                  • my workshop

                                  #18
                                  Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                                  Originally posted by EduarDOOX8
                                  I have a problem. I got message . . Done! But no file is created. I was searched for it manually, nothing. I changed folder, i changed bios, i changed extractor. Every time i got Done! But no file is created. Whats the problem? I searched that python is needed so i installed it but nothing changed
                                  Make a folder that contain bios + pfs extractor and try

                                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ3gRlI0bvw&t=71s
                                  Last edited by lapfix; 02-13-2023, 02:29 AM.

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                                  • EduarDOOX8
                                    New Member
                                    • Jan 2020
                                    • 6
                                    • Poland

                                    #19
                                    Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                                    Same story, changing partition with one folder including both files same story, running as administrator same story, changing names of bios files same story
                                    Is Windows 10 Home a problem, maybe that should be a pro version?
                                    I tried extractor from here and from labone site
                                    Last edited by EduarDOOX8; 02-13-2023, 02:44 AM.

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                                    • SMDFlea
                                      Super Moderator
                                      • Jan 2018
                                      • 21184
                                      • UK

                                      #20
                                      Re: Help with Dell PFS extractor

                                      Originally posted by EduarDOOX8
                                      Same story, changing partition with one folder including both files same story, running as administrator same story, changing names of bios files same story
                                      post a link to the bios you`re trying to extract
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