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Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel v2.0.1.1
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FREEWARE | 50KB | Windows XP | Home
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UPDATE 30 Dec 2006 | hit:
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Link this software
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<a
href="http://www.codecsbox.com/download/cd_dvd/virtual_cd_dvd-rom/virtual_cd_rom_control_panel.htm ">Download
virtual cd rom control panel</a>
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This free program for Windows XP lets you create a virtual CD drive on your hard disk.
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Some visitors to the site have confirmed that it works with Windows 2000 too
(but this is not stated in Microsoft's official readme).
For anyone
unfamiliar with the terms 'virtual CD' or 'CD emulator', they mean that you can
copy the entire contents of a CD-ROM to your hard disk and run the programs or
access the files without the need for the original CD. This can make files more
accessible, faster and more convenient. Given the speed and size of today's hard
drives, you could easily fit a number of CDs onto your hard drive without
noticing the difference. Assuming you had 30 full CDs, these would take around
20GB on a hard drive and all will be accessible after a few clicks of a mouse.
Hard drives are about 10 times faster than a CD, plus you can instantly
access the file instead of grabbing the CD case, inserting the CD and awaiting
for the contents to load. It's true, you could try copying the files over to the
hard drive, but this can get messy, plus some programs require a CD to be loaded
in order to run. This virtual CD program 'pretends' it is a CD drive (even
though the files are on your hard drive), so your programs will run as
normal.
It only works with ISO
images
Installation
instructions
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1. Copy VCdRom.sys to your
%systemroot%system32drivers folder.
2. Execute VCdControlTool.exe
3.
Click "Driver control"
4. If the "Install Driver" button is available, click
it. Navigate to the %systemroot%system32drivers folder, select VCdRom.sys, and
click Open.
5. Click "Start"
6. Click OK
7. Click "Add Drive" to add a
drive to the drive list. Ensure that the drive added is not a local drive. If it
is, continue to click "Add Drive" until an unused drive letter is
available.
8. Select an unused drive letter from the drive list and click
"Mount".
9. Navigate to the image file, select it, and click "OK". UNC naming
conventions should not be used, however mapped network drives should be OK.
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