Solve : Is there a way to make a shared file in DOS??

1.	Solve : Is there a way to make a shared file in DOS??
Answer» Mainly for metworking reasons. I'm having trouble backing up files on my new laptop, and I can't really start windows on it due to a login error. Under HP's Reocvery Manager, when I try to use the Backup Files option, it demands a USB drive... except it can't detect one. And I assume that networking-wise, it can still be read, but none of my files on the new laptop were opened for file sharing. Is there way to do that via DOS?Easier approach to getting your important data off of this copied to another system may be to use Laplink or another serial or parallel communication setup to transfer files from one system to the next over a native DOS or DOS Shell with the other running windows dos shell. There was a free one available on the net, but I cant seem to find it...all you NEEDED was a Serial Null cable and serial ports at each system, and the software installed andrunning to link the systems and then be able to select specific folders or all data. The maximum transfer rate I ever got with serial was 115k I think, so it took almost 4 hours to copy my data from the unhealthy laptop to the desktop computer over serial but I got all my data. This was also however with a FAT32 partition on the Windows 98 laptop that crashed and I am not sure of this method will work for a NTFS partition. Maybe someone here knows of the free laplink ( clone to LapLink but DIFFERENT name ) tool that was available that I cant seem to locate and can link it. Trying to set up a TCP/IP network on this laptop with DOS might be a nightmare tryingt o find a DOS driver for the integrated NIC chipset.Quote from: Kisai on January 14, 2009, 04:57:53 AM Mainly for metworking reasons. I'm having trouble backing up files on my new laptop, and I can't really start windows on it due to a login error. Under HP's Reocvery Manager, when I try to use the Backup Files option, it demands a USB drive... except it can't detect one. And I assume that networking-wise, it can still be read, but none of my files on the new laptop were opened for file sharing. Is there way to do that via DOS? If, as your profile shows, your using Vista, there is no DOS built in. the closest thing would be recovery console. What kind of Login errors are you experiencing? Perhaps we can help?I'm using a DOS Prompt, of course. Not running DOS DIRECT or anything. And I've tried something like what Dave suggested. A friend gave me an external hard drive, and I can actually find it via DOS, and even copy files to it. I even learned xcopy for mass file copying, but a problem I keep running into is that sometimes it'll... have problems and be unable to copy a file. Is there a limit to how large of a file DOS can copy?have you tried the /C switch to continue copying even when errors occur? your OS state confuses me... by "DOS prompt" do you mean the one provided with windows? DOS itself cannot use USB drives (reliably)What's /c supposed to do? ^^ And... I imagine it's provided by Windows... I can't see how else... But you can start up the laptop in such a way that it boots up to Windows, but only directly to some system tools, by-passing the login of course, but nonetheless, it is a small part of Windows. Just some system tools. And one of those is a command prompt that I've been using to try and copy files via DOS.Quote from: Kisai on January 15, 2009, 12:14:23 AM What's /c supposed to do? ^^ And... I imagine it's provided by Windows... I can't see how else... But you can start up the laptop in such a way that it boots up to Windows, but only directly to some system tools, by-passing the login of course, but nonetheless, it is a small part of Windows. Just some system tools. And one of those is a command prompt that I've been using to try and copy files via DOS. I explain what /c uses in the post. It continues when errors occur. Are you saying you can start the laptop in safe mode?Wow. I Googled what /c does too... Goes to show that I definitely don't think well when multitasking. And no, I can't. That would still require a login screen. I can only go to System Recovery Options. Things like Startup Repair, System Restore, Windows Complete PC Restore, Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool, Command Prompt and Recover Manager. I just copied them from what I saw on the other laptop. ^^; So I'm doing some robocopying from Command Prompt. I just wanna back up my videos and other personal files I've worked on before restoring the laptop to its default factory condition.Consider using the Microsoft "NET SHARE" command. Please see the piece of coding as an example. rem ************* cls @echo. @echo. rem This command stops sharing the available "shares" @echo on net share F /delete net share G /delete @echo off @echo. @echo. pause rem *********** cls @echo. @echo. rem This command shares out the USB directory drive with an assigned shared name @echo on net share F=F: net share G=G: @echo off @echo. @echo. pause rem ************* cls @echo. @echo. rem This command displays the available "shares" @echo on net share @echo off @echo. @echo. pause

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Mainly for metworking reasons. I'm having trouble backing up files on my new laptop, and I can't really start windows on it due to a login error. Under HP's Reocvery Manager, when I try to use the Backup Files option, it demands a USB drive... except it can't detect one. And I assume that networking-wise, it can still be read, but none of my files on the new laptop were opened for file sharing. Is there way to do that via DOS?Easier approach to getting your important data off of this copied to another system may be to use Laplink or another serial or parallel communication setup to transfer files from one system to the next over a native DOS or DOS Shell with the other running windows dos shell.

There was a free one available on the net, but I cant seem to find it...all you NEEDED was a Serial Null cable and serial ports at each system, and the software installed andrunning to link the systems and then be able to select specific folders or all data.

The maximum transfer rate I ever got with serial was 115k I think, so it took almost 4 hours to copy my data from the unhealthy laptop to the desktop computer over serial but I got all my data. This was also however with a FAT32 partition on the Windows 98 laptop that crashed and I am not sure of this method will work for a NTFS partition.

Maybe someone here knows of the free laplink ( clone to LapLink but DIFFERENT name ) tool that was available that I cant seem to locate and can link it.

Trying to set up a TCP/IP network on this laptop with DOS might be a nightmare tryingt o find a DOS driver for the integrated NIC chipset.Quote from: Kisai on January 14, 2009, 04:57:53 AM

Mainly for metworking reasons. I'm having trouble backing up files on my new laptop, and I can't really start windows on it due to a login error. Under HP's Reocvery Manager, when I try to use the Backup Files option, it demands a USB drive... except it can't detect one. And I assume that networking-wise, it can still be read, but none of my files on the new laptop were opened for file sharing. Is there way to do that via DOS?

If, as your profile shows, your using Vista, there is no DOS built in. the closest thing would be recovery console.

What kind of Login errors are you experiencing? Perhaps we can help?I'm using a DOS Prompt, of course. Not running DOS DIRECT or anything.

And I've tried something like what Dave suggested. A friend gave me an external hard drive, and I can actually find it via DOS, and even copy files to it. I even learned xcopy for mass file copying, but a problem I keep running into is that sometimes it'll... have problems and be unable to copy a file. Is there a limit to how large of a file DOS can copy?have you tried the /C switch to continue copying even when errors occur?

your OS state confuses me... by "DOS prompt" do you mean the one provided with windows? DOS itself cannot use USB drives (reliably)What's /c supposed to do? ^^ And... I imagine it's provided by Windows... I can't see how else... But you can start up the laptop in such a way that it boots up to Windows, but only directly to some system tools, by-passing the login of course, but nonetheless, it is a small part of Windows. Just some system tools. And one of those is a command prompt that I've been using to try and copy files via DOS.Quote from: Kisai on January 15, 2009, 12:14:23 AM

What's /c supposed to do? ^^ And... I imagine it's provided by Windows... I can't see how else... But you can start up the laptop in such a way that it boots up to Windows, but only directly to some system tools, by-passing the login of course, but nonetheless, it is a small part of Windows. Just some system tools. And one of those is a command prompt that I've been using to try and copy files via DOS.

I explain what /c uses in the post. It continues when errors occur.

Are you saying you can start the laptop in safe mode?Wow. I Googled what /c does too... Goes to show that I definitely don't think well when multitasking.

And no, I can't. That would still require a login screen. I can only go to System Recovery Options. Things like Startup Repair, System Restore, Windows Complete PC Restore, Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool, Command Prompt and Recover Manager. I just copied them from what I saw on the other laptop. ^^; So I'm doing some robocopying from Command Prompt. I just wanna back up my videos and other personal files I've worked on before restoring the laptop to its default factory condition.Consider using the Microsoft "NET SHARE" command. Please see the piece of coding as an example.

rem ***************
cls
@echo.
@echo.

rem This command stops sharing the available "shares"
@echo on
net share F /delete
net share G /delete
@echo off

@echo.
@echo.
pause

rem ***************
cls
@echo.
@echo.

rem This command shares out the USB directory drive with an assigned shared name
@echo on
net share F=F:
net share G=G:
@echo off

@echo.
@echo.
pause

rem ***************
cls
@echo.
@echo.

rem This command displays the available "shares"
@echo on
net share
@echo off

@echo.
@echo.
pause

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