VirtualDrive Pro 12

Virtual Drive Pro 12

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• Eliminate the need for physical discs!
  With VirtualDrive Pro 12, you can convert your physical discs to VCDs and eliminate the need to store and organize physical discs.


• Preserve your physical discs and avoid disc scratching with virtualization
  CDs and DVDs are delicate and can easily be damaged. With VCDs, you can ensure the protection of your virtual music, games, and applications.

• Save Time with Virtual Drive! With a Virtual Drive, you can run RAM up to 340 times faster than on your hard drive!
  


• Play up to 23 virtual CDs at the same time!
  Unlike physical CD drives, you are not limited by the number of CD/DVD drives you have.


• Organize your virtual CDs for easier access!
  Archive your virtual CDs in a searchable library. Copy them onto different hard drives or computers, create backup CDs – it’s your choice!


• Optimize performance of your applications!
  In a virtual setting, your applications run 200 times faster and more effectively!


• Conveniently transport your virtual CDs on a laptop, an external hard drive, and other common digital storage media.
  By eliminating the need for physical discs, transporting your applications, music, DVDs, and games is as simple as carrying your laptop case.

• Virtual Hard Drive
  Run your files and applications in RAM up to 340 times faster than on your hard drive.

• Disc Support
  VirtualDrive Pro reads CD-ROM discs, audio CDs, mixed-mode CDs, photo CDs, video CDs (DVD-ROMs data-mode), and unencrypted video DVDs, and offers the same game and disc support as VirtualDrive 12.

• Free Live Update Subscription
  Get the latest product features, patches, fixes, and game support. It’s free in all current versions of VirtualDrive Pro!

• Optimal Performance
  Run games and applications as VCDs with access rates more than 200 times faster than physical discs. Plus, there’s no spin-up delay!

• CD/DVD Archiving
  Organize your virtual CDs in a searchable library.

• Intuitive GUI
  VirtualDrive Pro’s streamlined, user-friendly interface gets you up and running in no time!

• Disc Backup
  Protect your CDs and DVDs from loss, theft, and damage by using high-quality disc images (VCDs) instead.

• Multiple Disc Play
  Pre-load up to 23 virtual discs and toggle back and forth between games or virtual CD volumes without having to wait for physical discs to spin up.

• Portability and Convenience
  Transport your virtual CDs on a laptop, an external hard drive, and other common digital storage media.

• Custom VCD Creation
  Make a virtual CD file containing applications, documentation, expansion packs, etc. and share it over a network.

• CD/DVD Burning
  Burn data, music, and game CDs and DVDs directly from VirtualDrive, and make backup copies of your favorite game discs.

• Windows 7 and Vista Support
  VirtualDrive works on 64 and 32-bit Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2003 and Server 2008.

“I've begun to use Virtual Drive 12, initially downloaded as a (probable) means of speeding up occasional game play, which it does in spades! (As though I had time for it! - I'm ancient and have a particular fondness for the slightly-less-ancient Lucas Arts Star Wars shoot 'em up games - - XWing/Tie, etc. - - as stress-relieving entertainment.)

In real life, Im a consulting engineer with need for a wide array of reference materials, and a serious appreciation for anything that genuinely helps to speed my work. As with many busy folks, I don't wait well, and have just constructed a new quad-core super-go-fast machine to help alleviate delay issues with drawings and large spreadsheets, especially with interrelated multitasking. Games are a fun outlet, but Virtual Drive is emerging as a professional necessity in the quest for speed.

Virtual Drive is remarkably simple and intuitive, and a terrific help in eliminating "in-drive" disc requirements, and in obliterating disc delays. Additionally, some older discs are getting a bit scruffy, and this alternative will prevent further handling/use damage. It copies expertly and with uncanny accuracy. Very versatile with alternative formats.

I know it's not magic, but it seems to be. Job well done!!

As I work with it, I am coming to understand its remarkable potential. I see now that it can provide a high-speed substitute for all of my professional reference CDs, such as for CAD symbols, forms, fonts, info libraries, etc. Though a lifelong and arguably well-justfied skeptic, I'm getting excited - it will save many valuable hours. Interestingly, after ony a few applications I'm now looking at every CD I use frequently as a candidate for conversion. Am archiving copies of the virtual CDs in sattelite storage (HDDs are cheap - time isn't.)

My sole suggestion would be to include a simple animation during search operations indicating that there's something happening - there are long and disquieting "dry spells" while the computer is "thinking" during which one is tempted to kill the thing and start over. Perhaps a simple message that delays may continue for minutes (seems a lifetime if you're a skeptic) while the program and disc are shaking hands would suffice.

Thanks for a great product.”

• What is VirtualDrive Pro?
  VirtualDrive Pro 12 CD emulator converts CDs and unprotected DVDs into compressed images, or “virtual discs,” which it plays in any one ofup to 23 “virtual drives.” These virtual drives, created in the software, show up as drive letters in Windows® Explorer and run directly on the hard drive with access rates up to 200 times faster the CD/DVD-ROM drives. The result is more responsive, quieter playback, less wear and tear on a computer’s hardware, and complete freedom from physical discs, which can then be left at home, safe from theft or damage.

• How does VirtualDrive work?
  VirtualDrive converts game and application discs into MP3-like files, or “virtual discs.” It also creates up to 23 "virtual drives" and fools Windows into treating them as physical CD/DVD-ROM drives. These virtual drives appear as drive letters in Windows Explorer. You can run several virtual CDs simultaneously (one virtual CD (VCD) per virtual drive), swapping them out via hot keys. Since virtual CDs play directly on your hard drive, they have much faster access rates than physical CDs in a CD/DVD-ROM drive.

• What exactly is a virtual drive?
  It is a CD emulation device that emulates the functionality of a CD/DVD-ROM drive, and appears as a drive letter in Windows Explorer. A virtual drive runs Virtual CDs (or VCDs) at faster speeds than a physical disc.

• How many VCDs can VirtualDrive operate?
  Users can operate several VCDs simultaneously in up to 23 “virtualdrives,” swapping them out for a seamless transition between volumes of a game. VirtualDrive’s simple, user-friendly GUI makes it easy to create unlimited VCDs, modify them with custom tracks and documentation, and manage them in a searchable virtual CD library.

• What are the system requirements to run Virtual Drive Pro?
  CPU: Intel Pentium 233 or higher
  RAM: 128 MB or more
  Hard Drive: 50 MB free space
  Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, or Vista (64-bit or 32-bit systems)

• Does VirtualDrive support compression?
  Yes. VirtualDrive’s average compression ratio is usually about 10-30%. For the uncompressed CD titles, the compression ratio can be as high as 50%.

• How much memory does VirtualDrive use?
  VirtualDrive is a new device for your system. It uses 64 KB of memory to cache the most recently used data for each VirtualDrive.

• Can I build a VCD from selected files on my computer, network server or CD-ROM disc?
  Yes. You create an ISO9660 CD-ROM image file from the selected files by using a CD-R burning software (for example, Adaptec Easy CD Creator). And then use the "Convert ISO9660 image to VCD" function of VDN admin program, to import it into the VDN file CD jukeboxes.

• What is the difference between the VirtualDrive evaluation version and the licensed version?
  VirtualDrive evaluation period consists of a 15-Day time limit, creation of 1 virtual drive and a limit of 2 VCDs can be created. The licensed version of VirtualDrive imposes none of these limits and allows for the creation of up-to 23 virtual drives and an unlimited number of VCD files to be created.

• Where may I purchase FarStone software?
  FarStone Technology products may be downloaded from our online product pages or from any of our reseller partners. If you originally purchased VirtualDrive from an authorized FarStone Technology Value Added Reseller (VAR), you may wish to purchase any additional licenses through that reseller.

• What are the latest prices?
  The latest prices (MSRP) for FarStone Technology software are posted on the website.

• How are your products licensed?
  Each product is licensed per machine, unless otherwise stated (i.e, purchasing a multiple license bundle). If you wish to install and activate the product on multiple machines, you will need to purchase additional licenses.

• If I purchase VirtualDrive software, do I download it, or will you send me official product CDs in the mail?
  You will have the option during the purchase to request the official FarStone VirtualDrive CD for a small value and send it to you by mail (free shipping), or you may choose to download the software. The download comes in the form of a small installer to install the software in Windows.