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Silverwind:

--- Quote from: RayB on August 19, 2005, 04:24:33 pm ---

PFFFFFFFFFT!!

By the way, this talk that running off a harddrive is faster than CDrom. I don't know of any games anymore that don't install themselves completely to the harddrive. The ONLY reason they need to access the CD is to make sure you are running a purchased copy. So all this ISO and mounting a virtual CD drive is a big waste of time.


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I suppose the nicest thing about it is not having to physically change CD's.  Great if your cd-rom is inside of a cab or some such.  You can store away your originals and never have to mess with a cd-wallet or waste time looking for a certain disc.

RayB:

--- Quote from: Silverwind on August 19, 2005, 07:43:02 pm ---I suppose the nicest thing about it is not having to physically change CD's.
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Silverwind:

--- Quote from: RayB on August 19, 2005, 08:00:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Silverwind on August 19, 2005, 07:43:02 pm ---I suppose the nicest thing about it is not having to physically change CD's.
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Kremmit:
Many versions of Nero also come with a Daemon-like, virtual CD-Rom program that will mount your .iso and .nrg files.  It's called Nero ImageDrive.  You may already have this on your system!

Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: SirPoonga on August 19, 2005, 12:52:45 pm ---FYI, with many games a nocd patch goes against the eula.

Now, running a virtual cd drive is probably fine as you are running the game from a backup copy.

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Thats what I figured.  I needed the original to create the ISO, and it runs wicked fast compared to the CD.

Diablo II's transitions between scenes is lightning fast.

EDit:  Then again, thats about the newest game I play.  Still stuck in the past.

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