virtual cd (3 products)

Paragon CD-ROM Emulator Personal 3.0 (Demo, $29.95)

CD-ROM Emulator is very helpful utility designed for creating and managing virtual CD drives and CD/DVD discs. For anyone who deals with CD-based programs – it is a MUST.

Virtual Drive Creator 2.0.2 (Freeware)

Create Virtual Drives from long paths, it's easy! Type the full path or (even easier) browse to the path via the Drive and Folder Lists. Choose a drive letter from the "Available Virtual Drive Letters" list and Click [Add Virtual Drive] to create the Virtual Drive, or Double Click the letter to create the Virtual Drive. It's just as easy to remove a Virtual Drive, Double Click the letter you want removed as a Virtual Drive or Click the letter and then Click [Remove Virtual Drive]. Make CD-ROMs obsolete: Copy the contents of a CD-ROM to a folder, not the root directory, on your Hard Drive. Make that folder a Virtual Drive (see paragraph above), then install the Virtual CD from the Virtual Drive letter. Click Start, Run and in the space provided type L:\setup or L:\install (substitute your Virtual Drive letter for L and see the documentation that came with your CD-ROM for the proper installation command). Now every time you need to access the CD you can use the Virtual CD from your hard drive. Be sure to mak

VirtualDrive CD/DVD Emulator 7.11 (Shareware, $34.99)

VirtualDrive emulates your computer's CD/DVD-ROM drive, which enables you to run CD and DVD programs, such as games, music CDs, and DVD videos directly from your hard drive without the use of the physical CD/DVD-ROM drive or the actual disc. VirtualDrive copies the CD or DVD image directly to your hard drive.