Virtual CD-ROM released by Microsoft
Wednesday, December 28, 2005 by Island Dog | Discussion: Windows Software
Microsoft has released Virtual CD-ROM control panel for Windows XP. This program will let you create "virtual" cd roms on your hard drive.
George Rogers Jr
Reply #2 Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:43 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:43 PM
This is something I've been wanting to do with my CD-ROM games.....can anyone out there compare this Microsoft release version with FarStone's VirualDrive 10 and/or GameDrive software?? I know there has to be a compatibility factor built in to run games. There has to someone out there who's at least used the FarStone product with all the visitors at this site.....Thx. 
whitedragon33
Reply #3 Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:52 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:52 AM
Be nice if it handled more than .iso format, tho...
c242
Reply #5 Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:22 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:22 AM
Hmm, there are Daemon Tools and Alcohol 52% or 100%. So what is this good for ?
Leauki
Reply #6 Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:07 AM
Reply #6 Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:07 AM
Consistency. If the OS vendor provides a feature, most installations will have it.
This is a common advantage that all Mac users have. We can send disk images to each other and everybody will be able to read them.
This is a common advantage that all Mac users have. We can send disk images to each other and everybody will be able to read them.
twobadmice
Reply #7 Friday, December 30, 2005 11:58 AM
Reply #7 Friday, December 30, 2005 11:58 AM
It would be nice if it was actually from the Microsoft site
twobadmice
Reply #9 Friday, December 30, 2005 7:31 PM
Reply #9 Friday, December 30, 2005 7:31 PM
The link is from Softpedia, not MS or have I missed something? 
Alpha Tellurian
Reply #11 Friday, December 30, 2005 9:18 PM
Really, sounds like MS is way late with this feature. I have Alcohol 120% and Daemon Tools, no need for anything else.
Reply #11 Friday, December 30, 2005 9:18 PM
| Hmm, there are Daemon Tools and Alcohol 52% or 100%. So what is this good for |
Really, sounds like MS is way late with this feature. I have Alcohol 120% and Daemon Tools, no need for anything else.
Jafo
Reply #13 Friday, December 30, 2005 9:50 PM
Reply #13 Friday, December 30, 2005 9:50 PM
| The link is from Softpedia, not MS or have I missed something? |
If you click the download...you'll find it's from MS...
-xino
Reply #14 Saturday, December 31, 2005 1:48 AM
Reply #14 Saturday, December 31, 2005 1:48 AM
This was released "unofficially" quite awhile ago. It's not as "way late with this feature" as some people would like you to believe.
PurrBall
Reply #15 Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:53 AM
Reply #15 Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:53 AM
Yet again MS releases something not theme-aware.
eieio
Reply #16 Sunday, January 1, 2006 1:02 AM
Reply #16 Sunday, January 1, 2006 1:02 AM
Not bad for freeware. Exactly the sort of thing I needed for my son to play Stunt Track Challenge without the need to put the disk in and out.
stymie222
Reply #17 Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:53 AM
Reply #17 Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:53 AM
I am having a problem with this download. I am using FireFox, I unzip the download, 3 files are sucessfully un-zipped but I cant find them . there is a vcd folder in my documents but it is empty. I search for this file and when I open it it goes back to the win-zip extractor.
Dracil
Reply #18 Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:21 PM
Reply #18 Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:21 PM
Interesting, I wonder how the copy protection companies are going to deal with this. They can't exactly blacklist it like they do with Daemon Tools and stuff if it starts being bundled with Windows.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, December 28, 2005 9:31 PM