Mount a network drive in Dos

[Infinitarchitect]

I have a laptop with a failing hard disk that will no longer boot into Windows XP, I've tried all the regular troubleshooting steps XP repair, recovery console, chkdsk /f, nothing has worked although if I bootup into Dos using ntfsdos I can see my files. My problem is I have a bunch of files that I need to copy before I nuke this drive, is there a way I can create a bootdisk that will let me map a network drive on my network and then copy all these files over. If not this then maybe some other similar method. Thanks if you guys know of anything or can point me in the right direction. Thanks!

 

[JimInKS]

You can, but you would need all the DOS drivers for your NIC.

It would be much simpler to just install the flaky harddrive as a slave in a working system and copy the files that way.

My favorite trick is to just unplug the cdrom drive on the good system and connect your hd with that cable. (assuming it is an ide drive)

 

[Infinitarchitect]

Sure works fine on a desktop computer but, not that easy on a laptop as far as I know. I'm one step closer, I found out how to create a network boot disk for Dos but now I'm dealing with some other issues trying to mount a network drive in Dos. It sees the network I can ping it but it's not fully functional.

 

[JimInKS]

oops, missed that part about a notebook

Here is what I use for a DOS boot disk, most of the config.sys stuff is probably not required. It's been a few years since I've done much with DOS. Hope this helps, Good luck.!

Autoexec.bat
a:\net\nwlink
a:\net\net start
net use z: \\machine\share_name

config.sys
DEVICE=A:\DOS\himem.sys
DEVICE=A:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
BUFFERS=10,0
FILES=80
DOS=UMB
LASTDRIVE=Z
FCBS=4,0
DOS=HIGH
STACKS=9,256
SHELL=A:\COMMAND.COM /P /E:1024
device=A:\NET\ifshlp.sys

 

[oisnds]

Try looking here.

http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/

 

[Infinitarchitect]

Thanks for the tips! I'll try that out. Thanks again.

 

[Freestone]

Connect it as a slave, as mentioned ealier by JimInKS, using an adapter. Just one of many sites featuring this type of product:

http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=906&sku=17705