Cmnd Line Network commands

Namsnik · 22 Aug 2009 at 21:02

Trying to access a laptop hard drive from another pc on my home network. (Laptop will only access the command prompt so I need to re-install vista. )
My idea is to enter whatever command lines I need to make the laptop drive visible to computers on my home network. This will make it easy to browse folders and identify files to backup before I re-install windows.
Is this possible? How?

oddjob62 · 22 Aug 2009 at 21:23

you'll need to use the "net share" command. Google for more info.

marc2003 · 22 Aug 2009 at 21:30

Laptop will only access the command prompt

what exactly do you mean by that? has it got windows on it or not? without windows, you'll have a hard time sharing files over a network.

Namsnik · 22 Aug 2009 at 21:57

I can access the command prompt via system recovery. I cannot access the GUI, even in safe mode.

Net Share datashare=c:\users\
returns the service is invalid

UKDTweak · 22 Aug 2009 at 22:00

Try "Net Use" ?

Namsnik · 22 Aug 2009 at 22:11

netstat -r has only 1 item in the interface list "Software Loopback Interface 1"

My other laptop has a number of entries including my Broadcom controller... Do I need to switch on the network controller in some way
? Could it be that in the recovery environment I don't have networking?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654 doesn't mention networking

Net use returns: The network is not present or not started

UKDTweak · 22 Aug 2009 at 22:14

You would need to install DOS drivers for the nic and then configure the settings for your network ....

Edit: better of using a USB HDD or flash drive.

Namsnik · 22 Aug 2009 at 22:20

Edit: better of using a USB HDD or flash drive.

Thanks, I'll stop wasting time then.

Daegan · 22 Aug 2009 at 22:23

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-002-OK

If all else fails

Mattus · 22 Aug 2009 at 23:33

Yeah, you won't be able to see it over the network because no network drivers or features are loaded in the recovery console.

If the system's BIOS recognises USB devices and makes them accessible by itself, you might just be able to copy files across from the command prompt. If not, using a Linux live CD should work.

Namsnik · 22 Aug 2009 at 23:42

Great - thanks -xcopy is available and it can see my USB drive so I can copy everything then delete what I don't need.

Namsnik · 23 Aug 2009 at 00:10

Ok, I have copied everything to a folder on my USB drive. I can see it is there from the dos prompt. But in Windows I cannot see the folder I created with MD (DOS Make Directory command) or any of the files in it.
I guess I needed to load some specific driver for my Maxtor basics USB drive.
Not sure how to best resolve. Maybe I will just xcopy it across to a hard drive... Any advice welcome but I am packing up for the night.

Issues Resolved: My inability to see the folder I had created was due to permissions - when I logged in as administrator I could see the folder. I had used the /k switch in xcopy.

marc2003 · 23 Aug 2009 at 00:36

as mentioned above, just get a linux live cd of some sort. you'll get a GUI desktop and you can just copy over the files as you would in windows. ask in the linux forum for which one - i haven't a clue.