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    Acer Aspire One And Games

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mranderson87, Nov 6, 2008.

  1. mranderson87

    mranderson87 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was going to try to run Rise of Nations on this thing. But i was wondering, is there a way to have it on your computer and be able to play without the disc once its loaded using an external drive?

    Thanks
     
    mranderson87, Nov 6, 2008
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    use Daemon Tools to create a virtual drive, and load the game's .iso from your SSD/HDD.
     
    whizzo, Nov 6, 2008
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    mranderson87 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im average on the tech savvy thing. that sounds out of my league. do you have a link or would be able to explain in laymens terms?
     
    mranderson87, Nov 6, 2008
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    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    If you have the external DVD/CD drive, you first get software to convert the game disc to an ISO file to your hard drive like MagicISO.

    Then you have a program that mounts the ISO to a "virtual DVD drive" on your computer, like DeamonTools. So the game thinks you have a DVD drive and the disc (ISO) in the drive and it will run perfectly.

    So you can run all the games that require the disc to be in the drive without actually needing both of them. Its very convenient as you can store all the discs (ISOs) you can fit on your hard drive at once instead of carrying all the physical discs and external DVD drive around with you.
     
    Rahul, Nov 6, 2008
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  5. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    install the game and see if there is a patch on gamecopyworld for no cd/dvd
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Nov 6, 2008
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    jisaac Notebook Deity

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    yeh always look for no cd cracks first... save yourself the space taken up by the iso files... which is especially important on netbooks which have relatively little storage.
     
    jisaac, Nov 6, 2008
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