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                   VirtualDrive Personal V7

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        (C)Copyright(1993-2002)  Farstone Technology Inc.  
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  Contents
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   1. About VirtualDrive
   2. System Requirements
   3. Installation
   4. New Features
   5. Technical Support
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1. About VirtualDrive
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    VirtualDrive is a revolutionary software that emulates your physical CD-ROM
 drive. Its innovative technology allows you to create up to 23 virtual CD-ROM 
drives and unlimited number of CDs on your disk drive. A MUST HAVE FOR GAMERS 
AND TRAVERS .Run CD-ROMs at a higher performance without having to carry CDs.
Enhance your notebook battery performance,efficiency and CD archiving capabilities. 
Take all your CD's with you on your VirtualDrive!
  
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2. System Requirements
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    *Supports Windows98¡¢ME¡¢2000¡¢NT4(ServicePack6)¡¢Windows XP
    *25MB free space is needed after installation
    *A CD-ROM drive(or a DVD drive)
    
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3. Installation
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    Please insert the VirtualDrive CD into your CD drive. The Setup program should 
start automatically.  Also you can run Setup.exe directly. 
    

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4.   New features
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 4.1 #1 CD-ROM Game Support£ºSupports the largest number of games on the market today
 including copy-protected title.(e.g. Securum,Safedisk1,Safedisk2,Laserlock)
 4.2 Supports Windows XP.
 4.3 Using XP-style interface .
 4.4 New supports CD formats as DVD Video,DVD ROM(data mode) in Windows2000/XP.
 4.5 MP3 Audio compression: Choose your favorite CD tracks,create top quality 
CDs(ripping at 95% compression rate) and listen directly from your hard drive.
 4.6 Supports device manager. User may change the position and name 
of a Virtual Drive.
 4.7 You do not need to restart comupter after changing the code, number of Virtual Drive
in Windows2000, WindowsXP.
 4.8 Converts non-compressed VCDs into ISO files.
 4.9 The function of Search VCD enable users to search for disk, VCD files online. And 
then add them into VirtualDrive manager.
 4.10 Directly building, inserting, ejecting VCDs in Windows Explorer.
 4.11 Supports hot key to  insert a VCD.

Note: 
Securom is the registered trademark of Sony.
Safedisc is the registered trademark of Macrovision.
Laserlockis the registered trademark of MLS Laserlock.

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5. Technical Supports
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    You may contact Farstone technical support department if there are 
problems(Firstly, please check the FAQ in user's guide or online help to see FAQ. You
can also upgrade the software at www.farstone.com 
  
    To inquire about our latest products information, technology service, and other
products information, please visit our website or call us directly or send fax. 
 

America Headquarters: 
15550-B Rockfield Blvd., Suite 100, 
Irvine, CA 92618
Tel: (949) 458-3666
Fax: (949) 458-3633
 
Taipei Headquarters: 
6 F, 101 Chow Tze Street. 
Taipei 114, Taiwan. 
Tel: +886-2-2627-1234 
Fax: +886-2-2627-1233

Please refer to www.farstone.com for information of other offices in
BeiJin, ShangHai,Guangzhou, KaoHsiang, TaiChung, and ChonQin.