Creating a CD-ROM image file

VirtuaCD uses captured CD-ROM images in order to emulate physically connected drives. To create these images, you use the CDtoHD application.

Double-clicking on the application causes an icon to be placed on the right hand side of the icon bar. Clicking on that icon opens the CD-ROM transfer window:

[CD-ROM transfer window]

From here, you can specify:

  • which drive holds the CD-ROM you wish to copy.
    Clicking on the left and right arrows scrolls through the available drives, indicating the drive type as confirmation of which drive you are selecting.
  • the filename you want to store the image under.
    You can either type the full pathname in directly, or click on the button to the right of the name to bring up a save window, thus allowing you to drag the file to the directory of your choice.
  • a description for the CD-ROM.
    This is for your use and is displayed in the VirtuaCD management window when the file is associated with a drive.

Once this has been done, you can click on the Start button to commence the transfer. A status window will then be displayed to keep you appraised of how the transfer is proceeding:

[Transfer in progress]

Transferring a CD-ROM can take quite a long time, depending on how full the CD-ROM is and how successful CDtoHD is at compressing the data.

Once the transfer has completed, you will have an image you can then use with VirtuaCD. To do this, you need to use the VirtuaCD management application.

Please note: before you can use the image, you ought to reboot the computer. This step is necessary to avoid CDFS complaining about ambiguous disc names. This occurs because it has seen the same disc in more than one drive.

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