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Help mapping network drive via internet for file recovery
wrote in message ps.com... I need to set up a logical drive on my computer that my laptop can see via the internet. The computer is running Windows XP Pro, and the laptop is running Windows 98SE. Can Windows do this, or is there freeware to do this? (I can't network the computers directly without more hardware, and I don't want to install stuff and distrurb the deleted files on the laptop - I want to install as little software as necessary). I need to recover files from a laptop that were accidently deleted. I have an application that sees the files, and can restore them to another drive. If I could only make it so the laptop sees an "E" drive that's actually a directory on my computer - through the internet. (I can't network the computers directly without more hardware, and I don't want to install stuff and distrurb the deleted files on the laptop - I want to install as little software as necessary). Are you not able to temporarily remove the drive from the laptop? If so, you could connect it to your other PC via a USB/IDE cable (by far the best option) If not, you can connect the 2 PCs together provided both have either an Ethernet port (crossed cable required) or both have a firewire port (standard cable required). Neither requires any software to be installed as both versions of windows supports networking on both systems as supplied, but it will trigger a registry update on connection which presents a small risk of your deleted files being overwritten. If either of these interfaces are not present on both machines, then there is no way of networking them without installing additional hardware. Even installing an Ethernet or firewire card will trigger the installation of the appropriate drivers, with the corresponding risk of overwriting the required files. If you are able to network them, then both machines require different computer names and different IP addresses, but contrary to common opinion, do not have to members of the same workgroup. |
Help mapping network driv
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I need to set up a logical drive on my computer that my laptop can see via the internet. The computer is running Windows XP Pro, and the laptop is running Windows 98SE. Can Windows do this, or is there freeware to do this? (I can't network the computers directly without more hardware, and I don't want to install stuff and distrurb the deleted files on the laptop - I want to install as little software as necessary). I need to recover files from a laptop that were accidently deleted. I have an application that sees the files, and can restore them to another drive. If I could only make it so the laptop sees an "E" drive that's actually a directory on my computer - through the internet. (I can't network the computers directly without more hardware, and I don't want to install stuff and distrurb the deleted files on the laptop - I want to install as little software as necessary). Any help greatly appreciated. --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24 |
Help mapping network
To: alt.windows98,microsoft.p
wrote: I need to set up a logical drive on my computer that my laptop can see via the internet. The computer is running Windows XP Pro, and the laptop is running Windows 98SE. Can Windows do this, or is there freeware to do this? (I can't network the computers directly without more hardware, and I don't want to install stuff and distrurb the deleted files on the laptop - I want to install as little software as necessary). I need to recover files from a laptop that were accidently deleted. I have an application that sees the files, and can restore them to another drive. If I could only make it so the laptop sees an "E" drive that's actually a directory on my computer - through the internet. To map a directory via internet you can use an ftpserver/netdrive combination. The are lots of lightweight freeware ftpservers out there, and netdrive is a driver created by Novell (freeware), which maps a driveletter on a ftpserver. --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24 |
Help mapping network
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On 12 Dec 2006 21:16:25 -0800, wrote: I need to set up a logical drive on my computer that my laptop can see via the internet. The computer is running Windows XP Pro, and the laptop is running Windows 98SE. Can Windows do this, or is there freeware to do this? Using windows file and printer sharing, you can connect to shares over the Internet the same as if connected by a cable. The problem, of course, is that in its simplest form you give everyone else on the Internet access to your files too so you need to be careful. You can change the (exception and scope) settings on the windows xp firewall so that file and printer sharing can only be accessed by the ip address used by the win98 machine to make the connection. Once the firewall is set correctly you can bring the Internet connection up and connect to it by mapping a drive to \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\sharename (where the x's are the ip address of the remote xp machine) Jim. --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24 |
Help mapping network
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Creating a drive that can be seen on the local network is easy, but creating one that can be seen over the internet (e.g. from anywhere in the entire world) is a whole different matter. Why don't you just use a USB hard drive or a USB flash drive? Since you are using Windows 98SE, you will need drivers to see the USB device, but most of these things do have the drivers available. Alternatively, for the one-time purpose of data recovery only, you can network the laptop and the desktop together with nothing more than a crossover cable. wrote: I need to set up a logical drive on my computer that my laptop can see via the internet. The computer is running Windows XP Pro, and the laptop is running Windows 98SE. Can Windows do this, or is there freeware to do this? (I can't network the computers directly without more hardware, and I don't want to install stuff and distrurb the deleted files on the laptop - I want to install as little software as necessary). I need to recover files from a laptop that were accidently deleted. I have an application that sees the files, and can restore them to another drive. If I could only make it so the laptop sees an "E" drive that's actually a directory on my computer - through the internet. (I can't network the computers directly without more hardware, and I don't want to install stuff and distrurb the deleted files on the laptop - I want to install as little software as necessary). Any help greatly appreciated. --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24 |
Help mapping network
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:07:08 -0500, Barry Watzman wrote: Creating a drive that can be seen on the local network is easy, but creating one that can be seen over the internet (e.g. from anywhere in the entire world) is a whole different matter. Actually, it is *exactly* the same. There is no difference at all. Jim. --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24 |
Help mapping network
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"James Egan" wrote in message ... Actually, it is *exactly* the same. There is no difference at all. There is... you go through at least one (and probably dozens) of routers if you're trying to access a drive over the Internet. Although "the Internet at large" will generally pass any TCP/IP traffic on any port, it's not at all unusual that particular ISPs have some ports blocked or that, if the machine in question is behind a NAT gateway, the NAT isn't configured to route the appropriate ports to the appropriate machine on the LAN. --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24 |
Help mapping network
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:24:13 -0800, "Joel Kolstad" wrote: There is... No there isn't. you go through at least one (and probably dozens) of routers if you're trying to access a drive over the Internet. So what? He doesn't have to configure anything differently because of this. Although "the Internet at large" will generally pass any TCP/IP traffic on any port, it's not at all unusual that particular ISPs have some ports blocked Well if Bellsouth block the netbios ports then I guess he's unlucky. However, they probably don't. or that, if the machine in question is behind a NAT gateway, the NAT isn't configured to route the appropriate ports to the appropriate machine on the LAN. If that were the case he would probably already have a local network and wouldn't be asking this question. If he has equipment like that to traverse, it is simple enough to configure and has no bearing at all on the fact that the configuration of his pc to share files over the Internet is *exactly* the same as it is sharing over a LAN. Jim. --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24 |
Help mapping network
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Barry Watzman wrote: Creating a drive that can be seen on the local network is easy, but creating one that can be seen over the internet (e.g. from anywhere in the entire world) is a whole different matter. Why don't you just use a USB hard drive or a USB flash drive? Since you are using Windows 98SE, you will need drivers to see the USB device, but most of these things do have the drivers available. Alternatively, for the one-time purpose of data recovery only, you can network the laptop and the desktop together with nothing more than a crossover cable. Hmmm. Good idea. Thanks. Would you recommend a Lexar or Swivel flash drive (that's what's at the store by my house). The old PIII laptop has USB 1.1 and Win98SE. Both manufacturers says the drives work with 98 and USB 1.1 (they are USB 2.0 drives). --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24 |
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