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Virtual drive, we are not unfamiliar, and may also have used a certain software to use that is easy to grasp. However, in different system environments and applications under a variety of performance and application of virtual drives or significant degree of difference. If you change the operating system platform or to run more disc-related tasks, need to install new software, virtual drives when you are in the format recommended versatility, stability and ease of operation of the three considerations, choose apply their own virtual drive software.
1, application and operating environment options for a good software
Virtualization software support for various formats are different, some can read multiple formats, but make the time saved to the hard drive only supports its own special format, but can be used in many platforms; others are more generic to support preservation The ISO and other formats, but only in a version of Windows, and stable operation. Here I will introduce to you two more great software, you can be based on the points mentioned in the text to other software of their choice:
1, gaming applications, and 9X platform of choice - VIRLTUAL CD3.0 Online
If you are a gamer or office who need a virtual CD-ROM and mostly games with some of the needs of a large tool tray to run the software, such as the OFFICE of the installation disk, then I suggest you use this software VIRTUAL CD, the biggest feature of this software supports up to 22 virtual drives, can be used simultaneously, than the virtual drive software to support large number optical drive, so you do not bother to pop up, insert a new disc operation. There is a network version of the software can be used to support the LAN line, you can install more than one virtual CD-ROM machine, multiple machines can be used, shared resources and more convenient.
After installation, the software will generate a shortcut in the system tray icon, as shown, right-click on the current menu, select "creat image files" start the wizard to create a virtual CD or DVD drive, you can select the following "do not show this page in the future "to shield wizard, start creating a virtual file directly.
Click Next, some people may have two or more CD-ROM device, so you must first select the source disk; re-election next step, specify what you want on your hard drive to place the virtual file location and name, shown in Figure 3, if the create a virtual partition file is less than the required space will be displayed in red characters, reminding you that for a partition or delete unwanted files.
The next step is a CD of some description information, do not cares to continue, but if not properly detect the disc capacity, look set to return to this step, as shown.
Figure to choose whether you want to compress the data before saving it to disk in the general election does not compress as well, because the disc itself after a certain time of the compression algorithm, there is little room now and then compressed, but also time-consuming, as shown .
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Then click Next, as shown, the software requires you to specify the virtual file index in the management of the menu the name of this and put the entire virtual hard disk file is a different, is a CD-ROM index, to facilitate understanding of the document after you what, you can not fill in the content of carriage; here can also specify whether to start automatically load the file, and load to what drive letter, and specify the file using the hotkey. Finally click "Finish" to start making virtual files, such as the progress bar is full, you will be satisfied with the virtual CD-ROM.
The software application platform is 9X, windows2000, do not support XP; can read the CD labels, and other common data set, but the resulting format is its own FCD formats. It can also EDITOR in the hard drive files and folders has been made into a virtual CD or DVD drive, as shown, choose a good file, repeat the above steps can be made, but the capacity of each virtual file can not exceed 640M, so big capacity of the CD is not suitable for the software.
2, NT platform and high-capacity CD-ROM, CD-ROM class encryption options - DAEMON TOOLS
If, as a class of large-capacity DVD disc, and some encrypted CD-ROM, we recommend that you produced with CLONE CD to ISO image file format (CLONE CD a lot of information, and not repeat the description here), then use DAEMON-TOOLS to manage the use of this software. Although the software itself does not support production of the virtual file, but it takes up little system resources, but also supports reading encrypted CD-ROM and CDI CD image formats. The software interface is very simple, only generates a small icon in the system tray, does not need to restart after installation you can start using the operating system virtual device, also supports NT and XP platforms, with the PS emulator if the game play more PS indeed handy.
The latest version of the software is 3.02, right-click the small icon, attention in the "emulation" in the three selected to support the format of CD encryption; it only supports up to four virtual drives, as shown in the settings, all automatic, you do not then worry about.
Second, to avoid the side effects of virtual drives
Virtual drive to bring data read in convenience, but also has some potential side effects, is at the wrong operating system environment, did not load more than the production of illegal operations even crash; with a lot of people like by the registry optimization for system acceleration, including the use of a drive to accelerate software, system instability factor increases.
To avoid system anomalies caused by the virtual drive, pay attention to the following points:
1 Do not use the various types of virtual drive, unless it is specially designed accessory products
As the technology of virtual mechanisms, the different virtual drive software is best not to run, unless it is specifically designed for supporting software products. Otherwise, even if the crash does not occur, there could be frequent illegal operation, or physical drive away and so inexplicable failure.
2, attention and speed up the software firewall, consider the conflict
If you installed the virtual drive, the more frequent occurrence of illegal action, or visit the website during the game suddenly jump back to the desktop, but also confirmed that no virus interference, to consider your virtual drives, and other background programs in conflict. Usually a firewall and some acceleration software, such as VIRTUAL-CD no longer open the Windows physical drive buffer, otherwise it will crash. Itself is automatically prohibited buffer, but some system optimization software will re-open, you need to check. If it can not be solved, only for the virtual drive, or firewall software with one of them.
3, attention to the impact of XP
XP operating system to the stability and compatibility with previous 9X era program itself uses virtual machine technology, so many had the following to run properly in Windows9X virtual drive in XP can cause XP following the collapse; serious possible will affect your XP activation status, because XP's activation is based on the generated hardware configuration key, the number of virtual drives in your time of more than 4, XP may think that your machine has changed, so should you re-activate. Therefore, in selecting the virtual drive software, when taking into account the impact on XP, try using the XP platform known to the stable operation of the software, if it is not sure, best to use System Restore or back up your XP GHOST Reload virtual drive.
In addition to the software described above, the author knows, the East drive magician just as well, to support XP, because it is all Chinese language interface, no more introduced.