Using DOS bootable USB pendrive

[Blackstickman]

I have created a DOS bootable pendrive by copying MSDOS.sys, etc., and luckily it works! And the DIR command shows there's about 2 GB of free space. But ofcourse, the pendrive itself is now drive C:, and it doesn't see the NTFS formatted hard disk on the laptop. I need to copy files from the hard disk to the pendrive. What do I do? Where do I start? Any help is welcome.
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[nitant]

Use NTFS for DOS, i think its by Paragon or something.

Easier option, load Ubuntu on the damn pendrive and enjoy GUI.

 

[Party Monger]

Get a ubuntu live cd and copy everything to the pendrive by booting into live cd, make sure there has been a clean shutdown..

 

[Blackstickman]

Thank you for replying. I do have Ubuntu on another pendrive. I used USbuntu. I have Paragon Partition Manager also on a pendrive. So you feel the harddisk cannot be accessed with the DOS bootable pendrive? Or is there some way to do it?

 

[Party Monger]

Ubuntu on a cd is the simple and easy way to do it..why waste time with other crap?

 

[Blackstickman]

Thank you guys for replying

I finally found "NTFS Reader for DOS" through a Google search: Data Recovery Software by NTFS.com LiveCD (DOS & WinPE), NTFS DOS and more.... Running ReadNTFS.exe from the DOS prompt displays all the NTFS partitions, even on a SATA drive. Which brings up the question: Why can't Win XP see SATA drives when DOS can? Any thoughts?