Virtual CD driveware?

[Jolt]

Anyone have any experience with any program that has this capability? I've been pointed to VirtualCD and CloneCD but haven't heard very much about either.

I want to use something to handle kids' games on some of the public-access machines at the library I do support work for. This might be under 2000 or XP Pro.

Any information/pointers welcomed. TIA

[juanvaldes]

do you want to mount these disks onto a local machine or serve them to a whole bunch of machines?

[The_Dude]

i just received a tiger direct catalog and i found this pretty interesting.

it's called 'gamedrive' and it can do this.

it costs 30 bucks and can do this to 23 cd's.

[Tanerax]

If you want IMO The best Program For this Sort of thing Ever Try
Alcohol 120% [Site]

This program supports almost anything you can throw at it but check this hefty list of features... ( there are A lot More)

Feature List
[list=1][*]Supported platforms: Windows 95 / 98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP and Server 2003 [*]Can handle up to 31 virtual CD & DVD-ROM drives, all at once! Allowing you to run several CD & DVD programs simultaneously.[*]200X CD-ROM reading speed[*]The reading speed of a virtual CD-ROM is 200X. This means you can play a CD from the virtual CD-ROM with 200X reading speed. [*]Supports dumping from original disc to most popular of image file formats: Media Descriptor Image file format(mds), CloneCD Image format(ccd/img/sub), CDR WIN Image file format(cue/bin), Standard ISO Image format(iso)[*]Supports normal CD & DVD and CD RAW sub-channel reading methods: RAW reading method enables to emulate all CDs. [*]CD writing methods: Session-At-Once, Disc-At-Once, RAW Session- At-Once, RAW Session- At-Once + SUB, RAW Disc- At-Once (with full PQ/R-W sub-code support) [*]Supports almost any format of CD disc image files for Emulation and Recording: Media Descriptor Image file format(mds), CloneCD Image format(ccd/img/sub), CDRWIN Image file format(cue/bin), NERO Image file format(nrg), Standard ISO Image format(iso), BlindSuite image file format(bwt/bwi/bws), DiscJuggler image file format(cdi). [*]Supports Bypass EFM error function, it will try to correct regular bit patterns.[*]Offers "Ignore Media Type" option. This option will force all software to ignore whether the disc is CD-R or CD-RW, allowing it to be recognized as a CD-ROM disc.[*]CD formats supported: CD-DA, CD+G, CD-ROM, CD-XA, Video CD, Photo CD, Mixed Mode, Multi-session CD [*]Support for Buffer-Under-Run prevention technologies including: BURN-Proof™, JustLink™, Power-Burn™, SafeBurn™, Seamless Link[/list=1]

[fro2020]

Agreed...Alcohol 120 is the way to go...otherwise daemon-tools

[yotta]

mount -t iso9660 -o loop cdimage.iso /cdrom