Program requiring CD

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Travis King

I have a few computer programs (games in particular) that require you to
insert the disc everytime you play. There was no option to do a full
install on these programs that would allow you to go without the CD. Is
there any way to make these games work without having the CD? Secondly, if
there is, is it legal? If it's not, then I won't even bother in the first
place.
 
Hi,

While it's not illegal, that is one way game vendors ensure that you don't
simply install the program and pass the disk on to someone else. You might
try looking into a Virtual CD program, where you can copy the CD to the hard
drive and run it from there. It doesn't work for everything, but does for
many.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Travis King said:
I have a few computer programs (games in particular) that require you to
insert the disc everytime you play. There was no option to do a full
install on these programs that would allow you to go without the CD. Is
there any way to make these games work without having the CD? Secondly, if
there is, is it legal? If it's not, then I won't even bother in the first
place.
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Not sure of the answer to that part of the question, but one
thing you might want to consider is using disk manager to
assign a letter part way out the chain to your CD-ROM drive.
I start with L: for my optical drives. I have run into a number
of programs in the past (I think they are getting better though)
that keep track of what the CD letter was when they were
installed then if you change that letter (more of a problem under
windoze 98), it refuses to play because it only will look where
it was installed from.

mikey
 
Mike Fields said:
Not sure of the answer to that part of the question, but one
thing you might want to consider is using disk manager to
assign a letter part way out the chain to your CD-ROM drive.
I start with L: for my optical drives. I have run into a number
of programs in the past (I think they are getting better though)
that keep track of what the CD letter was when they were
installed then if you change that letter (more of a problem under
windoze 98), it refuses to play because it only will look where
it was installed from.

mikey Thanks all of you.
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Alcohol 120% is what I use. And there's a free program called Rayscan to use
in conjunction with this. You can Google for Rayscan
Basically you use the RayScan to find out what protection a game cd has.
Then you use the Alcohol program to copy MSD images of the game discs.
Alcohol creates a virtual cd drive on your computer. You use the virtual
drive to install the games from the images you created. Then when you play
the game you just have Alcohol load it onto the virtual drive and you're off
to the races. I do not use this to create discs for other people. I use it to
not have to put in a game disc to play and to have the backup of the games on
my computer. It is legal to back up your games.
http://www.alcohol-soft.com/
Jim
 
You may have to try a virtual drive application like you'll find at,

http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html

Download and install "Virtual Clone Drive" and see if it works. there's a 21
day trial period, and if it works, you beaut! You may want to check out the
other CD-DVD applications the good people there have to offer, it's up to
you. For if you require let's say another CD to play a game elsewhere, for
what ever reasons, they have products to cater for such scenarios as well.

You say: Secondly, if there is, is it legal?

That's a philosophical dilemma that may have you in an inner conflict for a
long time. It's best not to think on such lines and exult yourself in what
the world has to offer and give to you.

- Winux P


:I have a few computer programs (games in particular) that require you to
: insert the disc everytime you play. There was no option to do a full
: install on these programs that would allow you to go without the CD. Is
: there any way to make these games work without having the CD? Secondly,
if
: there is, is it legal? If it's not, then I won't even bother in the first
: place.
:
:
 
Travis said:
I have a few computer programs (games in particular) that require you
to insert the disc everytime you play. There was no option to do a
full install on these programs that would allow you to go without the
CD. Is there any way to make these games work without having the CD?
Secondly, if there is, is it legal? If it's not, then I won't even
bother in the first place.
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I have no qualms about using no CD cracks for this type of thing. The
reason being, expecially with newer faster drives there are serious heat
problems when leaving a disk inserted. This can cause a plethora of
problems. Heat is a real killer for computers.
 
Frank said:
I have no qualms about using no CD cracks for this type of thing. The
reason being, expecially with newer faster drives there are serious heat
problems when leaving a disk inserted. This can cause a plethora of
problems. Heat is a real killer for computers.
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I have no qualms about it either, but I fail see the connection between
leaving a CD in a drive and heat problems.

Steve N.
 
Drive doesn't shut off because the game is accessing the disc, thereby
generating more heat than running all from HD.
 
Bob said:
Drive doesn't shut off because the game is accessing the disc, thereby
generating more heat than running all from HD.
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Ok. Marginally more heat, but yes, more heat. If running a game from a
CDROM drive generates enough extra heat to cause problems then there's
something wrong with system cooling in general, or perhaps the CDROM
drive itself.

Steve N.
 
Use a program like Alcohol 120 to rip the CD to your hard drive then load
the image into the virtual cd drive created by Alcohol. I use it and its a
much better way to play games. If the game refuses to run download a no cd
patch. As long as you own the original game then its perfectly legal.

Glen
 
Yes marginally more, likely the CPU cranking up to handle game rendering
produces way more additional heat than the CD drive does.
 
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