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manoamano:
I would appreciate a utility to fool my PC into thinking that A DRIVE NAME THAT I PROVIDE ( OR A MAPPED NETWORK DRIVE ) is actually my CD or DVD drive...

Carol Haynes:
There are plenty of CD 'virtual' devices (eg. Nero's ImageDrive) where you can copy a CD to your hard disc (or network drive) and then mount the image so that it appears like a standard CD-ROM. I have used this effectively with programs that need the CD present - just make sure you install the software from the virtual CD so that it can easily find it in future.

There are a lot listed here http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Virtual+CD-ROM some of which are free (though I haven't tried them).

Carol Haynes:
This one looks particulalry good - and answers my request for a virtual burner !!

http://www.virtualcd-online.com/vcd/apps/overview/v8detail.cfm?lg=0

It does however cost 40 dollars/euro

wr975:
I would appreciate a utility to fool my PC into thinking that A DRIVE NAME THAT I PROVIDE ( OR A MAPPED NETWORK DRIVE ) is actually my CD or DVD drive...
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For games this won't work. You can't copy the CD/DVD protection on your HDD. You'd have to create a image of this game cd/dvd using a tool like Alcohol 120% and mount it, but most new games won't start if they detect a virtual cd emulator installed, no matter if you actually mounted an image or not.

If you own the game, you can go to GameCopyWorld and download a "patch". That's what I do, because I don't like to insert DVDs just to start a game.

Eóin:
There's always Daemon Tools.

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