how can i make a cd image work with out burning it onto a cd rom?

Question

its a 400 mb file

Answer 1

What you need is a virtual drive emulator. The software "mounts" the CD image and plays it like if it is a real CD in a real CD drive. There are several good free virtual drive emulators, such as: Daemon tools, Elaborate Bytes' Virtual CloneDive and Alcohol 52% free edition.

1. Daemon Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/announcements.php)

2. Virtual CloneDrive (http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html)

3. Alcohol 52% free edition (http://www.free-downloads.net/programs/Alcohol_52__Free_Edition)

There are different image file types you can use, such as .iso, .bin and .cue. But, you are probably better off just sticking with .iso - it is the more popular of the three. You can find .iso image creators at: http://www.filehippo.com/software/dvd/ (e.g. imgburn or magiciso)

Below are 2 articles which can give you an idea on how to mount CD images:

1. "XP: Small, Free Way to Use and Mount Images (ISO files) Without Burning Them" -- tech-recipes.com (http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips620.html)

2. "How Do I Use or Open Bin, Cue, or ISO Files?" -- tech-recipes.com (http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/696/how_use_open_bin_cue_iso_files)

Answer 2

You can download the free virtual cd rom for windows direct from microsoft. The link is below, and it works great for me. Much better than Nero Drive, and many others I have tried,

Answer 3

there is a program called daemon tools which is a cd/dvd drive emulator, and will let you load a disc image onto it which will appear as a drive in your 'my computer' just as if you'd burnt the image to cd and placed it in the drive.

it can be downloaded free from:
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php

Answer 4

of direction you may not extra wholesome a 6.3 GB document onto a 4.7 GB disc! you will the two might desire to separate the document into 2 factors, or use double layer force and discs (or Bluray Disc) Roxio DirectCD app can handle the dvd disc like a annoying force so which you would be able to drag and drop archives onto it to burn as quickly as this is crammed up. only you may desire to "close" the disc so which you would be able to examine it in different desktops.