Virtual Cd rom drives

[Sprucemoose]

What software do you guys recommend for setting up virtual cd rom drive (I believe thats what it is called) on your computer so you can download PC games, or anything that requires the cd, off the hard drive without CD.  I have read in former post people talk about this and have seen type of software fo sale that do this, but I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the subject.   What software is good/bad etc..  Do I have the concept correct?  

Thanks

[spectre]

daemon tools...

[SirPoonga]

Hmmm, if I remember the big program for hackers in the mid-90s was a program called virtalcd, or virtualdrive.

[spectre]

daemon tools...

[Syxx]

ya Daemon Tools, very easy to setup and i'v never had any problems with it. and you can add multiple drives,
and it supports many image types.

[Sprucemoose]

Cool, I just downloaded it daemon tools and it works great.  Thanks for the info guys.  Can you only add 4 drives?  Or is that the max with Daemon tools?

[Syxx]

i believe 4 is the max. there is some addon things for them i think but that was a long time ago, they might not work with the newer releases [which are much better then the old ones]

[slug54]

Cool, I just downloaded it daemon tools and it works great.  Thanks for the info guys.  Can you only add 4 drives?  Or is that the max with Daemon tools?

What I like about it is that you can mount and un-mount cd's from the command line. So I just have my FE launch a batch file to mount the cd, launch the game and then dismount the cd. Works great , I have had no trouble with Daemon tools.

                         Slug54

[Sprucemoose]

Slug54,
How do you set up a batch file and what do you input into it?  Forgive my ignorance, I have never done that before.

Thanks

[liquid8]

that is the COOLEST program ever.. can't believe i hadn't seen this yet... Thanks!

LiQuiD8

[slug54]

Slug54,
How do you set up a batch file and what do you input into it?  Forgive my ignorance, I have never done that before.

Thanks

First off a Batch file is just a simple text file
with each command typed on a seperate line
exactly like you would type it at the command line.

The important thing is it has to be renamed to a
.bat extention instead of .txt

here is a copy of my ydkjcd.bat file.
This file is used to launch one of my You Don't Know Jack CD images. I just call the batch file from my FE.
 

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@echo off
c:
cd\progra~1
cd d-tools
daemon.exe -unmount 0
daemon.exe -mount 0,d:\cdimage\ydkj.ccd



You should be able to copy this to your own .bat file
and just change the path and file name of the cd image. That is if you used the standard install directory for Daemon tools.

FYI the "@echo off" just keeps the coomands from showing on the screen. remove it for trouble shooting your commands by placing REM before it.
also my cd images have a .ccd because I use Clone CD to make them yours may be a .ISO file.


                         Good Luck
                             Slug

[Sprucemoose]

Slug,
Thanks for taking the time to help me out.  I will try and set it up tonight and see how it works.