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Parses Dell PFS Update images and extracts their Firmware (e.g. SPI, BIOS/UEFI, EC, ME etc) and Utilities (e.g. Flasher etc) component sections. It supports all Dell PFS revisions and formats, including those which are originally LZMA compressed in ThinOS packages, ZLIB compressed or Intel BIOS Guard (PFAT) protected. 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.
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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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.
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.
To decompile the Intel BIOS Guard Scripts via the Python script, you need to additionally have the following 3rd party Python utility at the same directory:
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.
Parses AMI UCP (Utility Configuration Program) BIOS images, extracts their SPI/BIOS/UEFI firmware components and shows all relevant info. It supports all AMI UCP revisions and formats, including those with nested AMI UCP or Insyde SFX structures. The output comprises only final firmware components and utilities which are directly usable by end users.
Note that AMI UCP BIOS images are protected by various checksums but, due to algorithmic performance reasons, AMI UCP BIOS Extractor does not check them by default. An optional parameter is provided though, for verifying all checksums during extraction.
#### **Usage**
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing AMI UCP BIOS images. Optional arguments:
* -h or --help : show help message and exit
* -p or --path : parse files within given folder
* -c or --checksum : verify AMI UCP Checksums (slow)
#### **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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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, you need to have the following 3rd party tools placed at the same directory:
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.
Parses AMI BIOS Guard (a.k.a. PFAT, Platform Firmware Armoring Technology) images, extracts their SPI/BIOS/UEFI firmware components and decompiles the Intel BIOS Guard Scripts. It supports all AMI PFAT revisions and formats, including those with nested AMI PFAT structures. The output comprises only final firmware components which are directly usable by end users.
Note that the AMI PFAT structure does not have an explicit component order. AMI's BIOS Guard Firmware Update Tool (AFUBGT) updates components based on the user/OEM provided Parameters and Options. That means that merging all the components together does not usually yield a proper SPI/BIOS/UEFI image. The utility does generate such a merged file with the name "X_00 -- AMI_PFAT_X_DATA_ALL.bin" but it is up to the end user to determine its usefulness. Moreover, any custom OEM data after the AMI PFAT structure are additionally stored in a file with the name "X_YY -- AMI_PFAT_X_DATA_END.bin" and it is once again up to the end user to determine its usefulness. In cases where the trailing custom OEM data include a nested AMI PFAT structure, the utility will process and extract it automatically as well.
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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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.
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.
To decompile the Intel BIOS Guard Scripts via the Python script, you need to additionally have the following 3rd party Python utility at the same directory:
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.
Parses Phoenix SecureCore Technology (SCT) BIOS images and extracts their SPI/BIOS/UEFI firmware components. It supports all Phoenix SCT revisions and formats, including those which are originally LZMA compressed. The output comprises only final firmware components which are directly usable by end users.
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#### **Usage**
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Phoenix SCT BIOS images. Optional arguments:
* -h or --help : show help message and exit
* -p or --path : parse files within given folder
#### **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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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.
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.
Parses Portwell UEFI Unpacker EFI images (usually named "Update.efi"), extracts their SPI/BIOS/UEFI/EC firmware components and shows all relevant info. It supports all Portwell UEFI Unpacker revisions and formats, including those which contain Tiano compressed files. The output comprises only final firmware components and utilities which are directly usable by end users.
#### **Usage**
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Portwell UEFI Unpacker EFI images. Optional arguments:
* -h or --help : show help message and exit
* -p or --path : parse files within given folder
#### **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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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, you need to have the following 3rd party Python module installed:
* [pefile](https://pypi.org/project/pefile/)
> 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:
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.
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.
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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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.
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.
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.
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](https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool) tools.
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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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.
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.
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.
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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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.
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.
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.
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](https://www.crystalidea.com/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:
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.
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.
Parses Panasonic BIOS Update executables and extracts their SPI/BIOS image. The utility automatically uses [Rustam Abdullaev's unpack_lznt1](https://github.com/rustyx/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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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.
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.
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.
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](https://www.7-zip.org/) 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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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.
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.
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.
Parses Fujitsu UPC images and extracts their Tiano compressed SPI/BIOS firmware component. The output comprises only a final firmware component which is directly usable by end users.
#### **Usage**
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Portwell UEFI Unpacker EFI images. Optional arguments:
* -h or --help : show help message and exit
* -p or --path : parse files within given folder
#### **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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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 additionally have the following 3rd party tool at the same directory:
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.
Parses Fujitsu SFX BIOS executables and extracts their contents. The utility automatically uses [Igor Pavlov's 7-Zip](https://www.7-zip.org/) tool in order to decompress the initially obfuscated Microsoft CAB compressed contents.
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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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.
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.
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.
Parses Award BIOS images and extracts their modules. The utility automatically uses [Igor Pavlov's 7-Zip](https://www.7-zip.org/) 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.
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](https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities/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.
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.
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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