User Guide

NTRecover
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4 Creating a Client Boot Floppy
NTRecover client operation requires that you make a client boot disk for the
client computer. This is accomplished through the NTRecover connection
dialog [figure 4-1], which is the first window presented whenever NTRecover
is executed on the host machine.
Figure 4-1
4.1 Using a MS-DOS Boot Floppy
MS-DOS-based boot disks are required when the client machine’s disks are
not accessible via standard or extended interrupt 13 BIOS service, such as
when the drives are non-IDE compatible SCSI. Such drives require special
MS-DOS-based drivers, which must be added to a MS-DOS boot floppy that
will also contain the NTRecover client program.
For these systems, you must first create a MS-DOS system boot floppy from
stand-alone MS-DOS (any version), Windows 3.1, or Windows 95. (MS-DOS
boot floppies cannot be created from Windows NT.) To format a system MS-
DOS boot floppy, use the command “format /s”. The boot floppy should then
be populated with the required disk drivers. NTRecover can be directed to
copy the client onto the floppy via the “Create Boot Floppy” dialog. [Figure 4-
2].