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OK So I'm Behind the times, CD/DVD Emulation?
Hello, I gotta say, I feel a little late to this technology table, but must say am eager to learn more about exactly what it does and how to best go about setting it up, for example if I had to reinstall the OS, could I have these DVD images on its own separate partition and reintegrate them into the new install once done.
This all came about by reading a blurb about CD DVD emulation and did search here and found many threads, actually too many. Most where of specific questions or advanced setups that at this point don't help me. I have only an idea about what exactly they do.
Its my understanding they create a virtual CD DVD rom drive for the purpose of loading game CD / DVD's to the HD so as not to need the disc to start the game.
Is that the gist of it??? If so, I'm very much interested in them as I'm always searching for the discs when needing them.
Here's some that I've found (some free, others not) ...free is better at this experimental point.
1. Magic Disc
2. DAEMON Tools Lite
3. Magic ISO
4. Virtual CloneDrive
I'm sure theres more but thats a start.
What I need is an understanding about setting up the partitions/HD.
Do I need a partition for each V disc?
Can I make a 100gig partition and load about 6-7 DVD games to it?
Is a new shortcut needed to direct the V disc program to the game .exe?
Any help in this would be greatly appreciated. If theres a tutorial please post link, couldn't find one.
Thanks for reading and any help