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| AMI BIOS Guard Extractor | ||
| Apple EFI File Renamer | ||
| Apple EFI IM4P Splitter | ||
| Apple EFI Package Extractor | ||
| Apple EFI Sucatalog Link Grabber | ||
| Award BIOS Module Extractor | ||
| Dell PFS BIOS Extractor | ||
| Fujitsu SFX Packager Extractor | ||
| Panasonic BIOS Update Extractor | ||
| VAIO Packaging Manager Extractor | ||
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BIOSUtilities
Various BIOS Utilities for Modding/Research
Dell PFS BIOS Extractor
Description
Parses Dell PFS BIOS images and extracts their SPI/BIOS/UEFI firmware components. It supports all Dell PFS revisions and formats, including those which are originally compressed or split in chunks. The output comprises only final firmware components which are directly usable by end users. An optional Advanced user mode is available as well, which additionally extracts firmware Signatures and more Metadata.
Usage
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Dell PFS BIOS images. Optional arguments:
- -h or --help : show help message and exit
- -a or --advanced : extract in advanced user mode
Download
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. Note that you need to manually apply any prerequisites.
Compatibility
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.7 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
Prerequisites
To run the utility, you do not need any 3rd party tool.
Build/Freeze/Compile with PyInstaller
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.7.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller:
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Dell_PFS_Extract.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Anti-Virus False Positives
Some Anti-Virus software may claim that the built/frozen/compiled executable contains viruses. Any such detections are false positives, usually of PyInstaller. You can switch to a better Anti-Virus software, report the false positive to their support, add the executable to the exclusions, build/freeze/compile yourself or use the Python script directly.
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AMI BIOS Guard Extractor
Description
Parses AMI BIOS Guard (a.k.a. PFAT) images and extracts a proper SPI/BIOS/UEFI firmware.
Usage
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing AMI BIOS Guard (PFAT) images.
Download
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. Note that you need to manually apply any prerequisites.
Compatibility
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.7 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
Prerequisites
To run the utility, you do not need any 3rd party tool.
Build/Freeze/Compile with PyInstaller
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.7.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller:
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile AMI_PFAT_Extract.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Anti-Virus False Positives
Some Anti-Virus software may claim that the built/frozen/compiled executable contains viruses. Any such detections are false positives, usually of PyInstaller. You can switch to a better Anti-Virus software, report the false positive to their support, add the executable to the exclusions, build/freeze/compile yourself or use the Python script directly.
Apple EFI Sucatalog Link Grabber
Description
Parses Apple Software Update CatalogURL .sucatalog files and saves all EFI firmware package links into a text file. It removes any xml formatting, ignores false positives, removes duplicate links and sorts them in alphabetical order for easy comparison afterwards.
Usage
You can either Drag & Drop or let it automatically parse any .sucatalog files within its working directory.
Download
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. Note that you need to manually apply any prerequisites.
Compatibility
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.7 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
Prerequisites
To run the utility, you do not need any 3rd party tool.
Build/Freeze/Compile with PyInstaller
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.7.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller:
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Apple_EFI_Links.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Anti-Virus False Positives
Some Anti-Virus software may claim that the built/frozen/compiled executable contains viruses. Any such detections are false positives, usually of PyInstaller. You can switch to a better Anti-Virus software, report the false positive to their support, add the executable to the exclusions, build/freeze/compile yourself or use the Python script directly.
Apple EFI File Renamer
Description
Parses Apple EFI files and renames them based on Intel's official IBIOSI tag as follows: Model_Version_Build_Year_Month_Day_Hour_Minute_Checksum. The checksum is calculated and added by the utility in order to differentiate any EFI files with the same IBIOSI tag. In rare cases in which the IBIOSI tag is compressed, the utility automatically first uses LongSoft's UEFIFind and UEFIExtract tools.
Usage
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Apple EFI firmware.
Download
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. Note that you need to manually apply any prerequisites.
Compatibility
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.7 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
Prerequisites
To run the python script or its built/frozen/compiled binary, you need to have the following 3rd party tools at the same directory:
- UEFIFind (i.e. UEFIFind.exe)
- UEFIExtract (i.e. UEFIExtract.exe)
Build/Freeze/Compile with PyInstaller
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.7.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller:
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Apple_EFI_Rename.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Anti-Virus False Positives
Some Anti-Virus software may claim that the built/frozen/compiled executable contains viruses. Any such detections are false positives, usually of PyInstaller. You can switch to a better Anti-Virus software, report the false positive to their support, add the executable to the exclusions, build/freeze/compile yourself or use the Python script directly.
Apple EFI IM4P Splitter
Description
Parses Apple multiple EFI firmware .im4p files and splits all detected EFI firmware into separate SPI/BIOS images.
Usage
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Apple EFI IM4P firmware.
Download
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. Note that you need to manually apply any prerequisites.
Compatibility
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.7 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
Prerequisites
To run the utility, you do not need any 3rd party tool.
Build/Freeze/Compile with PyInstaller
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.7.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller:
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Apple_EFI_Split.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Anti-Virus False Positives
Some Anti-Virus software may claim that the built/frozen/compiled executable contains viruses. Any such detections are false positives, usually of PyInstaller. You can switch to a better Anti-Virus software, report the false positive to their support, add the executable to the exclusions, build/freeze/compile yourself or use the Python script directly.
Apple EFI Package Extractor
Description
Parses Apple EFI firmware packages (i.e. FirmwareUpdate.pkg, BridgeOSUpdateCustomer.pkg), extracts their EFI images, splits those in IM4P format and renames the final SPI/BIOS images accordingly. The utility automatically uses the free version of AnyToISO to extract the EFI .pkg files. The subsequent IM4P splitting and EFI renaming requires the presence of "Apple EFI IM4P Splitter" and "Apple EFI File Renamer" utilities.
Usage
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Apple EFI firmware package (.pkg) files. Depending on where AnyToISO is installed on your system, you must change the "anytoiso_path" variable accordingly.
Download
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is not provided because the script requires the user to set the AnyToISO executable path variable. Remember that you need to include prerequisites such as AnyToISO, Apple EFI IM4P Splitter and Apple EFI File Renamer for the utility to work.
Compatibility
Should work at all Windows & macOS operating systems which have Python 3.7 and AnyToISO support.
Prerequisites
To run the python script, you need to have the following 3rd party tools installed or placed at the same directory:
- AnyToISO (i.e. anytoiso.exe)
- UEFIFind (i.e. UEFIFind.exe)
- UEFIExtract (i.e. UEFIExtract.exe)
Build/Freeze/Compile with PyInstaller
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often. Note that, due to this utility's nature, you may need to perform some small script changes for a built/frozen/compiled binary to work.
- Make sure Python 3.7.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller:
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Apple_EFI_Package.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Anti-Virus False Positives
Some Anti-Virus software may claim that the built/frozen/compiled executable contains viruses. Any such detections are false positives, usually of PyInstaller. You can switch to a better Anti-Virus software, report the false positive to their support, add the executable to the exclusions, build/freeze/compile yourself or use the Python script directly.
Panasonic BIOS Update Extractor
Icon owned by Panasonic
Description
Parses Panasonic BIOS Update executables and extracts their SPI/BIOS image. The utility automatically uses Rustam Abdullaev's unpack_lznt1 tool in order to decompress the initially Microsoft LZNT1 compressed resource data.
Usage
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Panasonic BIOS Update executables.
Download
An already built/frozen/compiled Windows binary is provided by me. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. Note that you need to manually apply any prerequisites.
Compatibility
Should work at all Windows operating systems which have Python 3.7 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
Prerequisites
To run the python script, you need to have the following 3rd party Python modules installed:
pip3 install pefile
To run the python script or its built/frozen/compiled binary, you need to additionally have the following 3rd party tool at the same directory:
- unpack_lznt1 (i.e. unpack_lznt1.exe)
Build/Freeze/Compile with PyInstaller
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at Windows, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.7.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller:
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Use pip to install PEfile:
pip3 install pefile
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Panasonic_BIOS_Extract.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Anti-Virus False Positives
Some Anti-Virus software may claim that the built/frozen/compiled executable contains viruses. Any such detections are false positives, usually of PyInstaller. You can switch to a better Anti-Virus software, report the false positive to their support, add the executable to the exclusions, build/freeze/compile yourself or use the Python script directly.
VAIO Packaging Manager Extractor
Icon owned by VAIO
Description
Parses VAIO Packaging Manager executables and extracts their contents. If direct extraction fails, it unlocks the executable in order to run at all systems and allow the user to choose the extraction location. The utility automatically uses Igor Pavlov's 7-Zip tool in order to decompress the initially obfuscated Microsoft CAB compressed contents.
Usage
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing VAIO Packaging Manager executables.
Download
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. Note that you need to manually apply any prerequisites.
Compatibility
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.7 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
Prerequisites
To run the python script or its built/frozen/compiled binary, you need to have the following 3rd party tool at the same directory:
- 7-Zip Console (i.e. 7z.exe)
Build/Freeze/Compile with PyInstaller
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.7.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller:
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile VAIO_Package_Extract.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Anti-Virus False Positives
Some Anti-Virus software may claim that the built/frozen/compiled executable contains viruses. Any such detections are false positives, usually of PyInstaller. You can switch to a better Anti-Virus software, report the false positive to their support, add the executable to the exclusions, build/freeze/compile yourself or use the Python script directly.
Fujitsu SFX Packager Extractor
Icon owned by FUJITSU
Description
Parses Fujitsu SFX Packager executables and extracts their contents. The utility automatically uses Igor Pavlov's 7-Zip tool in order to decompress the initially obfuscated Microsoft CAB compressed contents.
Usage
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Fujitsu SFX Packager executables.
Download
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. Note that you need to manually apply any prerequisites.
Compatibility
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.7 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
Prerequisites
To run the python script or its built/frozen/compiled binary, you need to have the following 3rd party tool at the same directory:
- 7-Zip Console (i.e. 7z.exe)
Build/Freeze/Compile with PyInstaller
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.7.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller:
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Fujitsu_Package_Extract.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Anti-Virus False Positives
Some Anti-Virus software may claim that the built/frozen/compiled executable contains viruses. Any such detections are false positives, usually of PyInstaller. You can switch to a better Anti-Virus software, report the false positive to their support, add the executable to the exclusions, build/freeze/compile yourself or use the Python script directly.
Award BIOS Module Extractor
Description
Parses Award BIOS images and extracts their modules. The utility automatically uses Igor Pavlov's 7-Zip tool in order to decompress the initially LZH compressed sub-modules.
Usage
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Award BIOS firmware.
Download
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. Note that you need to manually apply any prerequisites.
Compatibility
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.7 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
Prerequisites
To run the python script or its built/frozen/compiled binary, you need to have the following 3rd party tool at the same directory:
- 7-Zip Console (i.e. 7z.exe)
Build/Freeze/Compile with PyInstaller
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.7.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller:
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Award_BIOS_Extract.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Anti-Virus False Positives
Some Anti-Virus software may claim that the built/frozen/compiled executable contains viruses. Any such detections are false positives, usually of PyInstaller. You can switch to a better Anti-Virus software, report the false positive to their support, add the executable to the exclusions, build/freeze/compile yourself or use the Python script directly.