ISO files of games not working

I got it out of Firefox with the "Reset Firefox" feature (which actually sped it up a lot, may have been something else in it too) and uninstalled a program called "Search Protect" from Programs and features, as well as Daemon tools. Seems to be fine now. As for PowerISO, the 300MB limitation means that only about 6 or so of my CDs work with it. I tried doing one of those that works but I need to restart my PC for PowerISO's virtual drives to start working, not something I feel like doing right now. So, PowerISO won't work.

This is due to SecuROM (DRM) "disk verification". Basically all games since about 1999 have this and it is impossible, even with virtual drive emulation, to actually launch a game from ISO if it's source disk had SecuROM and without the original game disk being inserted into the drive for "verification" (and it remaining in the entire time for that matter)... that is, not without some modifications being applied. And I'll stop right there because of:

Windows 7 Help Forums Rules said:

4) No piracy or discussion of piracy allowed at all. Such as software, music, videos and other intellectual property violations (e.g. downloading youtube videos locally etc).

We reserve the right to ban anyone who willfully violates the forum rules, as access to our support forums is a privilege and not a right.

Despite the fact that the resolution to this is actually not piracy (theft) and is also per §117 of US Copyright Law perfectly legal (providing you do legally own the game), I cannot and will not be saying anything further on this subject for fear of being banned. For that reason also I will caution you and everybody else to promptly stop discussing this any further and because the OP's problems are directly due to SecuROM and evidently, discussing it any further to a legally sound resolution would be in breech of the above board terms.

Ok, then I guess I need to head off to another forums website. Still interesting though, why doesn't putting the physical disc in a virtual machine work?

Edit: Looks like Alcohol 52% is the only program with such a feature so I'll use it in a virtual machine, will mark as solved if it works.

Boozad said:

Whatever you do, do not use DaemonTools or Alcohol 120% as they are known causes of BSODs as they use SCSI Pass Through Direct (SPTD).

Does that corrupt files? With Daemon Tools I mean. I've been using it for years..