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    Software for running an optical drive

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by lordofericstan, Jul 25, 2007.

  1. lordofericstan

    lordofericstan Notebook Evangelist

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    I want to be able to play games i have purchased without using the cd. I know you can use things like daemon tools and alcohol 120 to run an optical drive with an iso file, but i have had bad experiences with the two when i tried to remove them. Is there anything else I could use? I don't mind buying it. I just want to be able to create ISO's from my games and run it on my computer while keeping the game cd on my shelf. I want to stay away from spyware and adware so i am not comfortable with using daemon tools or bit-torrent or things of that nature.

    Thanks.
     
    lordofericstan, Jul 25, 2007
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    There are no-cd cracks/patches for many games, both Mac and PC alike, although I'm uncertain as to the legality of posting links to those places here on this forum.
     
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    I'm not looking for a link to download games, i'm looking for something that will make iso's from my games and that will play those iso's in a virtual drive.
     
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    DAEMON tools and Alcohol 120% are probably the best tools out there for what you want. What kind of uninstallation problems ? If you don’t want the extra drive letters or the program to load each time, then you can configure it.
     
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    The problem was that daemon and alcohol installs its own drivers which is a pain in the ass to uninstall. Specifically SPTD (SCSI Pass Through Direct). It wouldn't uninstall when i uninstalled daemon. I tried downloading the sptd setup utility itself and uninstalling it and then that didnt work. Daemon made it so i coudlnt burn a dvd on my real drive because that optical driver was screwing everything up. I ended up having to install windows to get it off.

    I just heard about NERO, can that create iso images of my games?
     
    lordofericstan, Jul 25, 2007
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