TCP IP DOS Problem! Please help.

[shibumi]

Hi,

I have my laptop and my desktop networked with a LAN.
All is running just fine.

I recently reformatted my laptop and installed Win2K on it (not for the first time) and this time i would like to create an image file for it.
I have DriveImage 3.01 in order to do so, however, DriveImage lets me run it only from DOS prompt (at my desktop which is dual booted with Win98SE and Win2k). But at DOS I do not have access to my laptop.

I have on my Desktop RealTek 8029AS PCI NIC btw.

I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions how can I link my Laptop (Win2k only) to my desktop (at DOS Prompt).
Are there any DOS drivers for TCP/IP ?

Thanks before hand,

Oren

 

[The Stigenator]

There were one time Network Drivers from MCSA
years ago.. I am not sure now.

Why not just create a dos Boot floppy on your desktop.

 

[obenton]

Simpler way to do it would be to boot the laptop with a win98 DOS floppy, create the image file on the laptop, and later move it to the desktop over the network.

 

[Windogg]

What I do at work is have a DOS boot disk obenton suggested. The drives are probably on the original driver disk. Then map a network and image over the network.

I use Norton Ghose which fits on a floppy.

Windogg

 

[reality bites]

On the windows NT server 4.0 CD-Rom their is a DOS client for microsoft networking. It iwll use TCP/IP, the only catch is your NIC manufacturer must make a driver for it. I know 3com makes one for all their cards, don;t know about anyone else. Once you have the DOS client setup and booted, simply execute a net use commend to map a drive from the DOS machine to the windows machine.

I would assume this client is available from other places at this point in time.


What obenton mentioned would also work.

You can also get a 44 pin IDE (laptop IDE) to a 40 pin IDE (desktop IDE) adapter and put your laptop hard drive inside your desktop and make the image that way. I have 2 of these connectors I use to make GHOST images from laptop drives to laptop drives in a desktop PC, they cost about $8 and work great.