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Good job of following instructions. Yes, there is a virtual CD program that does not use the sptd driver: Freeware MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD-ROM(MagicDisc) Overview
To check your drivers, using Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers. Look for those particular drivers and the dates. The "magic" date for Windows 7 drivers is July 13, 2009 or later.
Here are instructions for updating drivers. We generally recommend updating third Party drivers from the manufacturers sites rather than through Windows Update or Device Manager.
How To Find Drivers:
- I have listed links to most of the drivers in the code box below. Please use the links there to see what info I've found about those drivers.
- search Google for the name of the driver.
- compare the Google results with what's installed on your system to figure out which device/program it belongs to
- visit the web site of the manufacturer of the hardware/program to get the latest drivers (DON'T use Windows Update or the Update driver function of Device Manager).
- if there are difficulties in locating them, post back with questions and someone will try and help you locate the appropriate program.
- - The most common drivers are listed on this page: Driver Reference
- - Driver manufacturer links are on this page: Drivers and Downloads