Originally posted by dojoboy
You do not mean creating an alias do you?
I've tried making an image before using an application; however, I keep getting stumped along the way. There is a point where I do not understand how to complete the image (I keep getting windows where I choose what to copy and then after choosing I can't find how to finish it off). I'm not the brightest. If you do not mind, please private message me the steps or post them here.
Thanks.
No, not an alias. A Disk Image. The reason I do this instead of "Toasting" a copy is that this way I can put other CDs in my drive and don't have to go looking for them, and if it *does* make the game faster - I am all for it! It does take up about 600MB of space for the Image, but I have a 60GB HD and still have about 20-25GB unused, so it isn't a problem.
Here is how you do it:
1) Open Disk Copy
2) Select Image and select New Image From Device
3) It will list Disk 0, Disk 1 (possibly more I guess)
4) Click on the arrow by Disk 1. You will see Disk1s1 CD_ROM_Mode_1
5) click on CD_ROM_Mode_1
6) Click "Image"
7) Name the Image the *exact* same name as the CD - as it displays on your Hard Drive
You will create a Disk Image of the CD.
8) eject the CD and put it away.
9) Double-click on the Disk Image - this will mount the image (this may take a while).
10) play the game. The mounted Image acts as if the CD is in the drive.
NOTE: This will NOT work on all CDs. Some are copy-protected. Using this to get around any copy-protection (such as the copy-protection on Civ III that checks to see if the CD is there), is a violation of the DMCA and technically a crime. Not a very sane law, but a law nonetheless. For more info on the DMCA and digital rights, check out
http://www.eff.org/
(I am not affiliated with the EFF, but I do believe in what they are doing to reverse the DMCA and other laws that infringe on the consumer's right to make fair-use copies of his own digital property)
Good luck!