Virtual Original CD Drive Emulator 2.2

• License:

  Free to try; $34.95 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  3.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  1.5 stars (out of 4 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  109,134

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  30-day trial

• Date Added:

  October 07, 2003

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Virtual Original CD Emulator 1.71 Virtual Original CD Emulator 1.68

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Publisher's description of Virtual Original CD Drive Emulator

From Ztekware:

Virtual Original CD Emulator will help you rip your own CDs to a hard disk or to network images, and create a virtual CD-ROM on your computer to access those images. It works like a real CD-ROM: you can run programs, play games, or listen to music from your virtual CD-ROM. The Original CD Emulator also is an ISO image extractor. It can directly access your ISO image, allowing you to see what is in the ISO image before you burn it. If don't need to burn it, simply run the program you want from the virtual CD-ROM, or just extract what you need. You can convert CD images created by other CD-RW programs to standard ISO images. The Original CD Emulator can recognize most images created by other CD-RW programs, and you can burn CD images onto CD-R/CD-RW.

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Editor's review of Virtual Original CD Drive Emulator

• 3.0 stars

• "Virtual Original CD Drive Emulator"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Virtual Original CD Drive Emulator 2.2

This program rips CDs to ISO or OCD files and emulates a CD drive for the resulting files, but its interface could disappoint some users. Many programs require reading files from a key disk in the CD-ROM drive. Virtual Original CD Emulator creates a copy of the disk and stores it on your hard drive. You then use the program's virtual CD drive to host the copy, but only for those CDs without certain forms of copy protection. Using Original CD Emulator is simple. Most commands could be accessed with a single button, but we found the program interface cramped. Hosting an image on a virtual drive is a matter of dropping a link from an image on the virtual CD icon. A problem occurs if a user stops hosting an image and neglects to close all programs accessing the image. In that event the operating system will report an error until the original image is rehosted. Users also can easily burn the ISO or OCD files to a backup disk. We found this program useful and simple enough for novices.

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  4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

  Version: Virtual Original CD Drive Emulator 2.2

  "Crashes System"

  on November 29, 2003

  Summary: Every time I tried to use the program it would give me the blue screen of death and reboot my system. I checked the company website and it was not help, sent a message to tech support and no reply. I was hopeful but it never worked.

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• 1 stars

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Virtual Original CD Drive Emulator 2.2

  "What a Piece of S$#T!"

  on January 8, 2005

  Summary: Ihave been trying to get my computer running now for over 2 hours! Not just mine either. I installed on my son's comp at the samet time and the same thing happened. I wish download.com would screen the software better!

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• 1 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Virtual Original CD Drive Emulator 2.2

  "100% CPU usage"

  by mtgoss40 on April 11, 2006

  Pros: Works to a degree

  Cons: Belongs in the "Virtual trash bin". Caused 100% cpu usage in system process on two different machines after mounting a cd or iso. Windows XP Pro machines.

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