On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 06:26:35AM -0700, James Paul wrote:
>  All,
>
>  I have a computer (Sony Vaio Desktop machine) that will not start.
>  There is some important data on it I need to get off and I figured
>  I'd boot up with DOS and write the data from the HDD to a Parallel
>  Port CDROM Writer (ie Backpack).  Once I get the data off, I'll
>  reformat the HDD and reload all the software.   So what I'm looking
>  for is software that will allow me to use the CDROM writer from DOS.
>  Does anyone know of such an animal?  If so, where can I get it, how
>  much does it cost, and how long will it take to get to me?
>
>  Please advise.    And thanks.  You can email me offline at
>  jamesp@intertex.net to save list BW.
>
I'd suggest taking the disk away and mounting it in another machine
running Linux or Window$. Then you can easily copy the disk contents to the
CD-R (certainly if your CD-Writer is supported by Linux or Window$).
It seems to be the fastest solution.
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