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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: August 31, 2006
- Total Downloads: 249,002
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- Average user rating: stars out of 150 votes
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Publisher's description
From MagicISO :MagicDisc Virtual CD/DVD-ROM is a utility designed for creating and managing virtual CD drives and CD/DVD discs. MagicDisc Virtual CD/DVD-ROM emulates audio, data, and game CDs and DVDs with ISO image, CD and DVD images. MagicDisc Virtual CD/DVD-ROM offers 200x speed and noiseless CD/DVD access without a physical drive. It supports creating up to 15 virtual drivers. You can run games, software, see movies (VCD, SVCD, DVD), and hear music directly from your hard disk without inserting and swapping CDs and DVDs.
MagicDisc allows you to use almost all CD/DVD image without burning them onto CD or DVD in order to easily access your favorite games, music, or software programs. It works like a real CD/DVD-ROM: You can run programs, play games, or listen to music from your virtual CD-ROM. It can compress ISO CUE MDS NRG CCD image; can encrypt ISO CUE MDS NRG CCD image; can make ISO image from CD/DVD;It can mount UDF only CD/DVD image and multi-session MDS/MDF and CCD/IMG image.
Version 2.5.71 added menu item Browse CD; fixed bug on making ISO and NRG image from CD/DVD
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User reviews of MagicDisc 2.5.71
- Average user rating: 3.4 stars out of 150 votes
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7 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Version: MagicDisc 2.5.71
"The best FREE virtual CD software..."
Pros: Well I have already downloaded some other free programs for mounting CD images and most of them are full of bugs. After some hours of searching for a good free Virtual CD clone I founded MagicDisk.
I installed this program on the following computers:
- one with Windows XP (SP2)
- another running Windows 2000 (with latest updates)
Everything is ok at least when mounting ISO CD images. I noticed only some minor problems on Windows 2000 with the program system tray menu (when you acces the menu sometimes the menu remain opened even if you click outside the menu and the only trick to close the menu was to select something from the menu ... for examble About...). Until now this is the only disturbing "feature" I found.
So ... because this is the best FREE virtual CD software, I can't recommend this product highly enough !
Cons: The problem with the system tray menu on Windows 2000...
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: MagicDisc 2.5.71
Pros: I was able to create a virtual CD for my daughters fashion show program so it no longer requires putting the CD in the CD drive. She reports that the program loads faster and runs much smoother. This is why I installed MagicDisc and it did the job... Fairly easy to use. My system is running XP Home Edition. I encountered no problems with installation.
Cons: Not a lot of detailed instructions for accomplishing tasks at the help site. You have to figure things out for yourself. I never could get the main program screen (pictured in Screenshots) to come up. When I clicked on the desktop shortcut, it put an icon in my system tray but the main program screen never materialized. I had to do everything from the right-click menu of the system tray icon. Re-installed but that didn't help.
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Version: MagicDisc 2.5.71
"Completely crashed WinXP Pro"
Pros: No pros, it never worked.
Cons: After installation Windows reported it found a new cd-rom. Then it completely hung, I could only shutdown by using the powerbutton on the computer. Normal rebooting didn't work, like jyhjian I too had to use the Last Known Good boot option to recover.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: MagicDisc 2.5.71
"Excellent, FAST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!"
Pros: I have a AMD Turion 64x2 and this programe is super fast and super effective. AND IT'S FREE! I have had no problems at all
with any of the game. I don't write comments but I was impressed so here it is
Cons: I've never had any problems on my computer.. but then again it maybe because mine is the top of the line model.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: MagicDisc 2.5.71
"OK on Win2000, broken on WinXP"
Pros: Installed and worked as advertised on Win2000 Pro.
Ability to directly create an ISO image from a CD-ROM; very good feature!
Cons: Running WinXP Pro. Installation got hung shortly after the new virtual CD was detected. The installation never quite finished, and system was running at a crawl. Rebooting didn't help. Had to reboot to Last Known Good Config (F5) to get the system back to normal.
If using WinXP, wait for the next release.
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