Good Morning fella's

Just curious. Can you install games from a .img/.ISO/.CCD file without burning to CD?
If you can, which program would you use?

Yes you can. There are several programs to use, i use Virtual CD. It works really well. I ah, got the program for free, but you can download like a trial or something from their website

http://www.virtualcd-online.com/

After that you convert your .iso > like .vcd i think. The program adds a virtual CD drive (duh) to your computer, and then you run the program and tell it which image to "insert".

Will that also work with a .bin file?

So this would make the image file....a fake CD-ROM?

I have installed this Virtual CD thing, but to be honest, I dont get it.
I have a .ccd image file, and I would like to install it from the HDD. The program doesnt have an option for this..

Try Fantom CD, it works with any image type and can also burn images to cdrom. Unfortunately its not free!:blush:

You can get it here ...

Fantom CD

I have got the Daemon thing working, but I cant et it to find the 2nd cd image.

Of course you can. Use a program like Isobuster or something like that, extract the contents to a directory, and use the .exe file to install away.

Or set number of devices to a higher number (a maximum of 4), and load it on that one...

Most games support this when installing (though not all )

Yep got it going now.

Thanks to all that replied. *doesnt unreal2 just look excelent*

Yes, I installed Unreal 2 today.....

Via Deamon Tools (a downloaded ISO...:blush: ...:grinthumb)? or do you buy your games, and store them as ISOs on your HD so you dont have to worry about CD's?

PS

I admit...I have done this, but I ended up buying the 2 games I did it with (really, cuz I needed a valid cd key)

I think the main reason people use these things is to keep from having to fumble around for CDs every time they want to play a game.

Some people don't want us doing this because they think it promotes piracy, and I have heard that many new games won't let you use these tools to install and run them.

This is exactly the reason I wanted use it. If I pay $80 for a game, the last thing I want is a scratched CD.

This is something that I feel that copy protection invokes with the result of violating your consumer rights. I SHOULD BE ABLE to make a legitimate, legal copy of any media that I have bought myself, so that I have a backup.

Its not illegal to make your own windows 2000 CDs, for example, if you have purchased the software. Its possible to make a windows 2000 CD with the latest service pack included - you can build it yourself because Microsoft have built the technology in. They obviously think that that software being copied under certain circumstances is acceptable use. Why is it not acceptable use for me to make backup copies of CDs I have bought, or to make compilation CDs from albums that I have bought? I have paid for the music and the right to listen to it.

Same goes for games. I should be able to keep a library of originals and use copies for actual game play, given that many games require you to run with the disk in, and this increases wear and tear.

Are you somewhat referring to the wars about kazaa,etc? I think we always run into this copyright problem because theres no living proof you bought the CD yourself. Err.....=\ I think its more of an issue with CDs than games. Like you can download warcraft3 such as I did, but you cant play online. Whats it worth without a valid Bnet key? Nothing pretty much, single player yea, for so long....

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StormBringer ...
I think the main reason people use these things is to keep
from having to fumble around for CDs every time they want to
play a game.
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Haven't you guys heard of 'NoCD' game patches then?

Most games do a full install anyway these days, so why use up double the disk space by also storing CD images just to avoid swapping CDs.

You can get new '.exe' files for most popular games within days of them coming out. Just copy the new executable to replace the one in your game directory and you'll have no more need for the original CDs.

Just one thing to note though is that you make sure you use the same version patch as your current installed game version, so if you update your game you will need to download a new NoCD patch.

These patches are legal so long as you own the game.:grinthumb
You still need to have a valid CD Key, so no surprises there.

The link below is to a very popular website that hosts NoCD patches and its very slow to load because of this. Have fun! :grinthumb

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