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Upgraded to 64-bit XP, need virtual CD/DVD drive
Carol Haynes:
I have to confess I still have Nero installed (just the burning rom and tools - not all the video crap etc. however I am no longer upgrading) but I hardly use it. I mostly use ImgBurn and Ashampoo.
Deozaan:
I like Alcohol and use it for mounting disc images all the time. Though, I haven't required 64-bit, so I'm not sure it fits that requirement. I can't see why it wouldn't though.
f0dder:
I like Alcohol and use it for mounting disc images all the time. Though, I haven't required 64-bit, so I'm not sure it fits that requirement. I can't see why it wouldn't though.
-Deozaan (November 24, 2007, 06:50 PM)
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Just burning images isn't a problem, 32-bit software can still do that on a 64-bit OS. But mounting an image, as in having it show up as a fully-fledged (albeit virtual) CD/DVD drive, requires drivers. 32bit drivers don't work on a 64-bit OS... so unless there's a 64-bit version of alcohol (at least the drivers, usermode components can still be 32-bit), it won't do.
Building drivers for 64-bit should be as simple as a recompile, but many developers are ignorant and write code that isn't 64-bit clean :)
SKA:
Sorry for offtopic - but anyone knows if there wil be a SP3 for XP-64bit ? Or only for XP-32bit ?
That may be the best reason to avoid Vista in toto<grin>
SKA
Deozaan:
I like Alcohol and use it for mounting disc images all the time. Though, I haven't required 64-bit, so I'm not sure it fits that requirement. I can't see why it wouldn't though.
-Deozaan (November 24, 2007, 06:50 PM)
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What I meant by this is that I can't see why Alcohol wouldn't have 64-bit drivers, considering how popular it is.
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