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6 out of 10 people found this review helpful
1 stars
Version: MagicDisc 2.5.68
Cons: If U want a free restarting bug then try this software. Just crashes the system.
Doesnt use the system resource properly, even if loaded properly if you play a game mounting the image on the virtual drive, it just stops functioning in the middle and does an automatic reboot.
On occasions the system doesnt start showing some hardware conflicts.
None of the help file associated with it works.
Double thumbs down, I would reccommend you to try another product straight away.
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5 stars
Version: MagicDisc 2.5.79
"Compatibility, usability, AOK"
Pros: Magic Disk runs silently, and supports many different types of disk images (creation and mounting). You can have a huge amount of virtual disks (Great when playing Riven or using a CD edition of Encarta). Some people don't like that the only UI is the tray icon and it's menu, but I like it and think it fits the application well.
Cons: It would be nice if there was drag and drop capability.
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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: MagicDisc 2.6.93
Pros: Comes with built in virtual CDROM/DVDROM drive capabilities. Works well with a lot of image format.
Cons: none yet
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7 out of 13 people found this review helpful
5 stars
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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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: MagicDisc 2.6.93
"Does what description says and a little more."
Pros: It is a good disk emulator that allows a lot of different file types. I found the 'How to' section to be interesting and helpful. Having the ability to make Disc Images is helpful as well.
Cons: I only downloaded the software to be able to load .daa files which is proprietary in nature and thus bothersome. This file type would not bother me if more disk emulators supported it.
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