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Alcohol 120% is a multimedia tool that positions itself as the all-in-one solution for anyone looking to manage their CD and DVD media. It allows users to create digital image backups of their discs, protecting valuable software and games from scratches, loss, or damage.

Alcohol 120% offers an impressive ability to create up to 31 virtual drives, eliminating the need to constantly search for, insert, and swap physical discs. This functionality dramatically improves accessibility, especially in a networked office environment where multiple users need to access the same applications simultaneously.

Seamless media protection

Alcohol 120% excels at media duplication, providing a powerful utility to create duplicate backups of nearly all your expensive game and software titles onto recordable media. This backup functionality is essential for protecting your investment, as the copies work just like the originals. The program's writing engine also serves a practical business purpose, allowing companies to copy promotional CDs to inexpensive blank discs, effectively keeping overheads low.

While the program boasts a robust feature set, potential users should be aware that the full suite of 31 virtual drives and advanced writing features is restricted to the paid version. The free 15-day trial, while generous, limits you to only six virtual drives and restricts the Alcohol Xtra pre-mastering function to a smaller file size (100MB). This structure can make it difficult to fully test all core features.

In addition, another factor to consider is the sheer number of options and features packed and included into the software, including the separate Alcohol Xtra pre-mastering function. For a casual user or a beginner who only needs to mount a single game image occasionally, the interface and feature list might feel slightly overwhelming and perhaps overkill for basic virtualization needs.

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  • Pros

    • Create up to 31 high-speed virtual drives
    • Backup expensive CDs/DVDs to recordable media
    • Excellent for protecting physical media investment from damage
    • Improves workflow in home and networked office settings

  • Cons

    • Full features, including 31 virtual drives, are locked to the paid version

Bottom Line

Final thoughts

Alcohol 120% provides an unmatched solution for CD and DVD emulation and backup. Its ability to create numerous high-speed virtual drives offers massive utility for gamers and professionals seeking to protect their disc collection and improve workflow efficiency. We highly recommend taking advantage of the free trial to see its core benefits, especially if fast, reliable media access and secure archival are a priority.

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GENERAL
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Version
2.0.3.8703
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows 7
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows ME
  • Windows NT
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Developer’s Description

By Alcohol Soft
Create virtual CD/DVD-ROMs and burn backup copies of your favorite discs.

Alcohol 120% can handle the creation of 31 virtual CD and DVD-ROMs, letting users play discs without needing the physical disc. Users can copy CDs and DVDs to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, and DVD+RW discs. The reading speed of a virtual CD-ROM is 200x. It supports normal CD, DVD, and CD RAW sub channel reading methods. The RAW reading method lets users emulate all CDs. Alcohol 120% supports numerous CD (CD-DA, CD+G, CD-ROM, CD-XA, VideoCD, Photo CD) and DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio) formats. It also supports all current (ATAPI & SCSI) drives. The latest version adds two more profiles to the data type options and includes support for unusually formatted DVD+RW discs formatted by other software.

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