User Guide

NTRecover
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3 Establishing Communications Parameters
The first step in using NTRecover is determining which serial ports on the
host and client machines are to be connected via the null-modem serial
cable. This involves picking a free serial port connection on each computer,
and ascertaining whether it is serial port 1, 2, 3, or 4. Refer to your
computer’s hardware reference manual for help in this determination.
Once the serial ports have been chosen and connected, you must decide on
the serial communications speed that NTRecover will use over the cable.
Most recent computers and serial cables can sustain rates of 115200 baud,
which is the maximum supported rate for NTRecover. If the rate you choose
is too high, the NTRecover client will indicate a high number of retry
operations, or not register any communications activity from the host. In these
cases dismount the drives and reconnect at a lower rate.
After the communications parameters have been established and the two
computers in question have been connected with the cable, you are ready to
run NTRECOVER.EXE, the host front-end. Its connection window must be
filled in with the chosen communications settings, and, if desired, a drive
letter preference which NTRecover will try to use as the first drive letter in its
mapping of client drives on the host.