User Guide

ERD Commander 2005
User’s Guide
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4.18 File Sharing
4.18.1 Using File Sharing
To export the volumes of a system booted with ERD Commander 2005, use
the ERD Commander 2005 File Sharing utility located in the Networking
Tools folder of the Start menu. The utility requires that you enter a workgroup
name and password for the ERD Commander 2005 administrator account.
Note:
ERD Commander 2005 File Sharing sets the password of the ERD
Commander 2005 administrator account that is in effect during the current ERD
Commander 2005 session, not the administrative account of any installation that you
may be repairing.
When you enable file sharing each volume of the system is exposed with a
share name corresponding to the volume’s drive letter. Access the volumes
of the ERD Commander 2005 system using its temporary computer name
and administrative account. For example, if the system’s temporary name is
MININT-LX423P and you had set the administrative account password to
“allaccess” execute the following command on another computer to gain
access to the volume of the dead system:
net use \\minint-lx423p\ipc$ /user:minint-lx423p
allaccess
After executing the command access to the volumes using their drive letters
e.g.:
dir \\minint-lx423p\c
Disable file sharing by rebooting the system. Should you forget the hostname
of the ERD Commander 2005 system you are attempting to share, you can
run the hostname command from the command prompt and it will return the
machine name.