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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. |
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