Help With Virtual CD Drives? - Club CDFreaks

X-ray Doc · 26-10-2003

Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum. Although I like to make backup copies of my purchased games, my real love for CloneCD has been the ability to make disc images which I then mount for playing at LAN parties. This has worked great until Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII and TRON 2.0. They apparently use latest versions of SafeDisc and SecuRom for protection and I've also read about Virtual CD drives being blacklisted in this forum. Is there no way to make these disc images work on a CloneCD virtual drive? Would a virtual drive in another program work? By the way, my physical copies of these games also do not work. I have a Plextor Premium, the latest (possibly last) version of CloneCD, and "hide CDR media" enabled. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to start buying other programs such as Alcohol 120% if they won't solve the virtual drive problem.

*Portmac* · 26-10-2003

The CloneCD virtual drive and Hide ATIP function has been blacklisted by several games, the only way to fix this is with a new release of CloneCD.
You should uninstall CloneCD and reinstall it without the virtual drive.
For a virtual drive you can use Daemon Tools from http://www.daemon-tools.cc/portal/portal.php
Also if running games from a virtual drive you do not need any ATIP hiding tool running and should have it turned off.

X-ray Doc · 27-10-2003

Does Alcohol 120% also provide virtual drives or is Daemon Tools the best option for virtual drives? If I have to uninstall the virtual drive component of CloneCD, what will prevent Alchohol 120% or Daemon Tools from also being blacklisted in the future?

**philamber** · 27-10-2003

Alcohol does provide virtual drives and there's little difference between them and daemon tools' virtual drives (not surprising since both are programmed by Venom386).

As for blacklistings? Well there's nothing to prevent both alcohol's and dt's virtual drives from being blacklisted in the future. In fact, it happens all the time. However, both programs are updated regularly so as to overcome the latest blacklistings.

**FutureProof** · 27-10-2003

Until CloneCD is re-released, there is only one way around the VCD blacklist.

http://forum.cdfreaks.com/showthread...744#post479744

*Jamos* · 27-10-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by philamber
Alcohol does provide virtual drives and there's little difference between them and daemon tools' virtual drives (not surprising since both are programmed by Venom386).

As for blacklistings? Well there's nothing to prevent both alcohol's and dt's virtual drives from being blacklisted in the future. In fact, it happens all the time. However, both programs are updated regularly so as to overcome the latest blacklistings.

I heard that the latest c&c generals patch bans alc 120 virtual drives now..so none are safe.

*Jamos* · 27-10-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by FutureProof
Until CloneCD is re-released, there is only one way around the VCD blacklist.

http://forum.cdfreaks.com/showthread...744#post479744

I thought they were not going to release a virtual drive in the new version of clonecd..at least thats what i heard.

is there a way to install alc120 without a virtual drive..seems not to be..hate to have that title blacklisted for something i dont use. Yes i set the virtual devices to 0 in the settings and reboot, but is it still in registry?

Jay Sea · 28-10-2003

@jamos

yes it is still in registry.

You can delete the scsi drive though

26-10-2003	#1 (permalink)
X-ray Doc New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Greenwood Village, CO Posts: 4	Help With Virtual CD Drives? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum. Although I like to make backup copies of my purchased games, my real love for CloneCD has been the ability to make disc images which I then mount for playing at LAN parties. This has worked great until Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII and TRON 2.0. They apparently use latest versions of SafeDisc and SecuRom for protection and I've also read about Virtual CD drives being blacklisted in this forum. Is there no way to make these disc images work on a CloneCD virtual drive? Would a virtual drive in another program work? By the way, my physical copies of these games also do not work. I have a Plextor Premium, the latest (possibly last) version of CloneCD, and "hide CDR media" enabled. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to start buying other programs such as Alcohol 120% if they won't solve the virtual drive problem. Last edited by X-ray Doc; 26-10-2003 at 06:12.

26-10-2003	#2 (permalink)
Portmac CD Freaks VIP Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Upside Wombles Head Posts: 1,270	The CloneCD virtual drive and Hide ATIP function has been blacklisted by several games, the only way to fix this is with a new release of CloneCD. You should uninstall CloneCD and reinstall it without the virtual drive. For a virtual drive you can use Daemon Tools from http://www.daemon-tools.cc/portal/portal.php Also if running games from a virtual drive you do not need any ATIP hiding tool running and should have it turned off. __________________ Games Protection List is back up. BlindWrite 6 Guide Don't worry....Everything is getting nicely out of control. *The CDFreaks Forum Rules*

27-10-2003	#4 (permalink)
philamber Legal Senior Admin Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: True Blue Posts: 6,736	Alcohol does provide virtual drives and there's little difference between them and daemon tools' virtual drives (not surprising since both are programmed by Venom386). As for blacklistings? Well there's nothing to prevent both alcohol's and dt's virtual drives from being blacklisted in the future. In fact, it happens all the time. However, both programs are updated regularly so as to overcome the latest blacklistings. __________________ ¿?¤»~Hôw Çåñ ï mï§§ ¥ôü ïf ¥ôü wôñ'± gô åwå¥~»¤¿?

27-10-2003	#5 (permalink)
FutureProof Senior Admin Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: True Blue Posts: 5,606	Until CloneCD is re-released, there is only one way around the VCD blacklist. http://forum.cdfreaks.com/showthread...744#post479744 __________________ :ÐowN AsS ± ßû(r)NêR: Try our Search function > Words on Netiquette 24, 32, 40 & 52X Liteons, 16, 40, 48 & 52X ASUS', Ricoh MP7163A, Acer 1610A CD writers; Toshiba SD-M1402, Hitachi GD-7500 & Liteon LTD-163D DVD-ROMs; Toshiba SD-R1202 DVD-ROM/CD writer combo; NEC CloneDrive; Matshita DVD RAM/-R/-RW UJ-810 PEBKAC: Click here when asked AXDA3000DKV4D Atlhon 3000+ Model 10 Barton; Twin, Dual-Channeled Corsair CMX512-2700C2 @ 2-3-3-6-T1; GA-7N400 Pro F12; crappy vid card; Twin (base) WD2500JD drives There are two secrets to success: 1) Don't tell everyone everything There are 10 types of people who understand binary: those who do and those who don't Who Are YOU?

28-10-2003	#8 (permalink)
Jay Sea CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 261	@jamos yes it is still in registry. You can delete the scsi drive though __________________ Lite-On to rule the world, even more with it's OC capabilities. Jay Sea at your service... Lite-On LTR 40125S @ 48125W Lite-On LTR 52246S Lite-On LTR 52327S Lite-On LTC 48161H Lite-On LDW 811S

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X-ray Doc New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Greenwood Village, CO Posts: 4	Does Alcohol 120% also provide virtual drives or is Daemon Tools the best option for virtual drives? If I have to uninstall the virtual drive component of CloneCD, what will prevent Alchohol 120% or Daemon Tools from also being blacklisted in the future?

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