Run Program From HD Rather Than From the CD

[JD]

I've installed Hoyle's Card Games and to my disappointment find that I have
to insert the CD in the drive each time I want to use it.
Is there a way to put the contents of the CD on the HD and not have to use
the CD each time?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I use Virtual Drive Pro from Farstone. It makes a virtual cd which I mount
in the virtual cd drive. I can then run using the virtual cd instead of the
real one, which I have put away. I use Hoyle this way.
http://www.farstone.com/software/virtualdrive-pro.htm

 

[John John]

It's a piracy prevention mechanism, along with the requirement that the
cd be in the drive the cd itself usually has some sort of copy
protection that makes it harder to copy. If you are a bit resourceful
you can search the internet and find a way around it, put "no-cd patch"
in your search query.

John

 

[JD]

Thanks for the information. I'll check out your suggestion.

 

[M.I.5¾]

I've installed Hoyle's Card Games and to my disappointment find that I
have to insert the CD in the drive each time I want to use it.
Is there a way to put the contents of the CD on the HD and not have to use
the CD each time?

CDs of this type often just load a small amount of software onto the hard
disc but keep most of the data required to support the program on the CD.
This is a legacy from the days when hard discs were a good deal smaller than
they are now (and smaller than the capacity of the CD!). Mot modern
utilities often offer the option to load all the data onto the hard disc. A
virtual CD drive would solve your problem but you woukld still have to
insert the virtual disc into the virtual drive.

It should also be remembered that some high value software (including many
games) placed a 'key' on the CD itself which if it can't be found prevents
the software from running. There is usually no way to copy this but, as
ever, these rarely stay secure for long.

 

[Dave Cohen]

I've installed Hoyle's Card Games and to my disappointment find that I have
to insert the CD in the drive each time I want to use it.
Is there a way to put the contents of the CD on the HD and not have to use
the CD each time?

You can get software that does this. An easy way if you have a partition
manager (I use bootitng from www.terabyteunlimited.com) is to create a
volume of a little less that 1gb and copy the cd to that. When it asks
for the cd you should be able to specify a different drive. At least
this is the way Street Atlas and Map 'N Go work for me. The software
will remember the changed drive.
Dave Cohen