How do I in DOS using crossover cable between two computers connect them so they can see other?

Question

I have a friend whose machine went through some damage and we are trying to take some important documents out of her hard drive. The problem is her hard drive has an NTFS partition where the files are stored and NTFS is read-only. This is also on a laptop and the only other option she has for any kind of recovery of Windows is to use the manfactuor's CD (which tells her that she has to erase her drive to get her files restored). I need to know if there's a program that can do network two comptuers using crossover cable.

Answer 1

If you are trying to do it with Dos, you would need to load a network driver during boot up, and then use any old networking software. Your better solution would be to use a live linux distro like Knoppix, and then use it to copy the data. Read only mode doesn't matter if you are just copying it, but you could force it into r/w if needed during the mount.

Answer 2

You have to download networking drivers and install it when you are on DOS mode so you'll have a network access. Crossover cable will be ok when connecting 2 computers. Though I haven't tried this on my own. Read this to know how to set networking and sharing on DOS mode.

http://members.tripod.com/BBright/inform...

http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FAQs/dos-net.h...

Hope this will help.

Just a suggestion, I guess doing a harddisk-to-harddisk transfer might be easier, especially when you dont know much bout networking. You can pull out your harddisk from the laptop. Just unscrew an opening below where the harddisk is located. When you have it, buy an external harddisk enclosure for 2.5" harddisks. Then you can easily plug it in any PC using USB connection. That will be easier.