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Free virtual CD ROM for Windows XP 2.1
Applies to:
Windows XP
Requirements
Windows XP and unofficially Windows 2000.
Author/Supplier
Microsoft
File Name
winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe
File Size
0.06MB
[Click here to download]
Description
This free program for Windows XP lets you create a virtual CD drive on your
hard disk. 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.
As mentioned above, this program is free, and it is absolutely tiny at just
0.06MB. There are many similar commercial programs around, but they will set
you back $50-$100 and can be substantially larger.
There are three tricks with this free emulator:
It only runs on XP and unofficially Windows 2000.
Your CDs have to be converted to ISO files. That is not as hard as it sounds.
Programs like Nero can do it, but there is another free tool for XP that will
let you create ISO files in a flash. For more information see
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com
Most types of copy protected CDs cannot be used by the emulator.
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