Re: CD/DVD images on PC?

In article <JWILe.9420$Rm3.5137@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
TheLetterK <theletterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Now when I have two PCs, one at home and one at work, I need to have
>> things like games installed on both computers. With all the piracy in
>> the world, game developers usually insist on the original CD/DVD
>> being in the drive in order for the game to launch, which is
>> aggravating when you have one PC, and a real problem if you have two.
>>
>> I won't buy the games twice to play them in different locations
>
> What games? The vast majority are a one license per seat sort of deal.

I don't care what license they are trying to push on me, in sweden I have every
right to use my software at my leisure.

Besides, the measure the developers are taking are against piracy, not legit
use by the owner.

>> 1. Download NO-CD hacks for the games in question.
>> 2. Make a disk image clone of the CD to keep on my HD and mount when needed
>>
>> Using 1 usually means that you use a "hacked" copy of the binary, or
>> patch it to not look for the CD. This probably means that it's
>> illegal to do, plus means that you have to keep patching whenever a
>> new version of the games come.
>
> It's not illegal, provided you actually bought a license to the game. At
> worst, it would be a violation of the game's EULA.

Yes, plus I would need to keep downloaded new patches from the "hacker scene"
when my game updates.

>> Using 2 consumes a lot of disc space, but we're not talking about 20
>> games here. I gather I could live with that.
>>
>> So how do I do it? With the Mac, all I have to do is use Disk Utility
>> to create a .dmg file of the CD/DVD which will mount natively when
>> double-clicked.
>
> DaemonTools and ISORecorder (assuming you use Windows XP or higher).

Yes, I managed to get DAEMON Tools to mount an image I created with another
tool. I would really have loved to use only one tool.

>> I have seen, but never used, software like Alcohol, CloneCD, Daemon
>> Tools for Windows - is anyone of them up to the task where it's as
>> easy as on the Mac?
>
> DaemonTools is pretty easy to use--ISORecorder makes ripping a disk
> image a two-click process.

DAEMON Tools was pretty stupid - the entire app consist of a popup-menu from
the icon tray. It didn't even seem to come with a contextual menu plugin, so I
could manage it all from the file/drive (as Nero ImageDrive does).

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Sandman[.net]
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