VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom - Club CDFreaks

Team Havoc · 24-11-2005

Attention:

The brand new version of VirtualDrive 10 Pro by Farstone offers a funcion called Enable/Disable IDE CD-Rom. And they said, that their software manages StarForce 1-3 !!!

So maybe the first program to beat StarForce 3 by software !!!

Any experiences ?

Infos at:

http://www.farstone.com/home/ensite/...ualdrive.shtml

Download at:

http://wcarchive.cdrom.com/pub/farst...e_05091518.zip

Team Havoc · 24-11-2005

Update:

SafeDisc 4.6 (Quake IV, CoD 2 etc.) -> ok !!!

SecuROM 7 (Lego Star Wars etc.) -> ok !!!

StarForce 3 (GTR FIA Racing etc.) -> ok !!!

check the games at:

http://www.farstone.com/gamecenter/query.asp

*Razor1982* · 24-11-2005

i bet it won't last long 'til it's (also) blacklisted - at least SF will be very fast, i think...

Team Havoc · 24-11-2005

Maybe, but they integrated a live-update function

possessed · 24-11-2005

gonna give a try @ this one

thanx for the info

Reefke · 24-11-2005

I'm curious if the IDE disabler can also fool Starforce 3.6. Does anyone have the game King Kong to try this out?
I'm almost certain it will not work.

GMan4ever · 24-11-2005

i wonder if it work's with The Suffering - Ties That Bind

Vampirtc · 25-11-2005

I can confirm UFO: Aftershock with protection Starforce 3.6.10.03 is working.
I used VirtualDrive 10 Trial, hit Disable IDE.
Loaded Alcohol image in DT4 and run the game via shortcut.

I have one IDE DVD-ROM, two SATA hard drives and external USB2 DVD-RW.

Vampirtc · 25-11-2005

I can also confirm The Suffering: Ties That Bind with protection StarForce 3.5.10.01 is working.

Reefke · 25-11-2005

I guess the Disable IDE function will no longer work when the trial expired? Or is it some separate tool?

Reefke · 25-11-2005

Ok, I just tried this thing with Trackmania Sunrise and it does NOT work. The game has Starforce 3.4 and works when using DT4 and Starforce Nightmare.
And when I wanted to re-enable IDE, it gave me some error that there are no drives present. WTF? This thing hides my drives for itself or what?

Already uninstalled this piece of crap. It seemed like it just disabled the drives in device manager, because all I had to do to get my IDE drives back was to enable them.
People at Farstone have no idea what they're doing, they should know that this method does NOT work with Starforce.

*Razor1982* · 25-11-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reefke

Ok, I just tried this thing with Trackmania Sunrise and it does NOT work. The game has Starforce 3.4 and works when using DT4 and Starforce Nightmare.
And when I wanted to re-enable IDE, it gave me some error that there are no drives present. WTF? This thing hides my drives for itself or what?

Already uninstalled this piece of crap. It seemed like it just disabled the drives in device manager, because all I had to do to get my IDE drives back was to enable them.
People at Farstone have no idea what they're doing, they should know that this method does NOT work with Starforce.

how comes it that this is exactly what i expected?

Vampirtc · 25-11-2005

Well, why did it work for me?

Wolverin666 · 26-11-2005

Hoping you NOT MOUNTED the CloneImage in your USB, becouse MANY of
SF games/versions cannot handle USB drive and if you Mount in it, the game
WORKS! If used your USB drive I guess did work for you!!!!!!! And not for
the Farstone Virtualdrive 10.. Please answer!

Vampirtc · 26-11-2005

USB2 drive was disconnected, it usually is because it is quite noisy.
Image was mounted from SATA hard drive via DT4.

VirtualDrive 10 just disabled IDE DVD-ROM I have.

gtguy01 · 27-11-2005

Beware this program will overwrite dozens of windows system files, change your device drivers, add several more useless startup programs and conflict with any other cd/dvd rom software you have.

philcdv · 27-11-2005

no since 3.5 version......

hajj_3 · 28-11-2005

can need for speed most wanted be copied?

*VirusHack* · 28-11-2005

Need For Speed 2: Most Wanted uses SafeDisc 4.60 not Starforce.

VH

hajj_3 · 28-11-2005

can it be copied though? does this progrm remove the protection off the disc?

*VirusHack* · 28-11-2005

By the looks of it (never used it) No. All it does is make an image and mount it. Can it be copied? I wouldnt think so. SafeDisc 4.6 very advanced. Also if you have the DVD version. Theres no hope of a disk copy as DVD game cannot be copied, @ all.

VH

IcedFreon · 28-11-2005

i dont see any disable ide option. where is it

IcedFreon · 29-11-2005

This thing doesnt work worth a damn. just disables my drives as if i went into device manager myself.

E-Buzz · 29-11-2005

Do not, i repeat, DO NOT install this piece of crap software, under no circumstances! It is bound to get you in trouble, with a screwed up Windows installation in the worst case scenario.

I installed, rebooted, checked the software out and found it pretty useless. But......when i tried to uninstall it i got the BSOD. I rebooted, and even before windows started i got the BSOD, rebooted again, same thing. Started in Safe mode, tried to uninstall it, no can do, Windows Installer Service does not start in Safe Mode. Had to finally find a System Restore Point to get rid of it and start using Windows again. The result of that was a bunch of other f****d up changes made on the computer. Took me a stiff hour just to be able to start Windows normally.

I dont recommend testing this software at all. It promises a lot but seems pretty lame when trying to do some of the things it promises. Overpriced junk, imho

*lui_gough* · 29-11-2005

Back in Win98 when i tried it - i knew it had issues - it screwed my windows installation. I don't recommend their Virtualdrive anyway. I hated it back then, and it hasn't changed.

24-11-2005	#1 (permalink)
Team Havoc New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 21	VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom <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> Attention: The brand new version of VirtualDrive 10 Pro by Farstone offers a funcion called Enable/Disable IDE CD-Rom. And they said, that their software manages StarForce 1-3 !!! So maybe the first program to beat StarForce 3 by software !!! Any experiences ? Infos at: http://www.farstone.com/home/ensite/...ualdrive.shtml Download at: http://wcarchive.cdrom.com/pub/farst...e_05091518.zip

24-11-2005	#2 (permalink)
Team Havoc New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 21	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom Update: SafeDisc 4.6 (Quake IV, CoD 2 etc.) -> ok !!! SecuROM 7 (Lego Star Wars etc.) -> ok !!! StarForce 3 (GTR FIA Racing etc.) -> ok !!! check the games at: http://www.farstone.com/gamecenter/query.asp

24-11-2005	#3 (permalink)
Razor1982 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,485	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom i bet it won't last long 'til it's (also) blacklisted - at least SF will be very fast, i think...

24-11-2005	#4 (permalink)
Team Havoc New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 21	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom Maybe, but they integrated a live-update function

24-11-2005	#5 (permalink)
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24-11-2005	#6 (permalink)
Reefke CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Belgium Posts: 265	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom I'm curious if the IDE disabler can also fool Starforce 3.6. Does anyone have the game King Kong to try this out? I'm almost certain it will not work.

24-11-2005	#7 (permalink)
GMan4ever New on Forum Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom i wonder if it work's with The Suffering - Ties That Bind

25-11-2005	#8 (permalink)
Vampirtc CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 30	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom I can confirm UFO: Aftershock with protection Starforce 3.6.10.03 is working. I used VirtualDrive 10 Trial, hit Disable IDE. Loaded Alcohol image in DT4 and run the game via shortcut. I have one IDE DVD-ROM, two SATA hard drives and external USB2 DVD-RW.

25-11-2005	#9 (permalink)
Vampirtc CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 30	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom I can also confirm The Suffering: Ties That Bind with protection StarForce 3.5.10.01 is working.

25-11-2005	#10 (permalink)
Reefke CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Belgium Posts: 265	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom I guess the Disable IDE function will no longer work when the trial expired? Or is it some separate tool?

25-11-2005	#11 (permalink)
Reefke CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Belgium Posts: 265	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom Ok, I just tried this thing with Trackmania Sunrise and it does NOT work. The game has Starforce 3.4 and works when using DT4 and Starforce Nightmare. And when I wanted to re-enable IDE, it gave me some error that there are no drives present. WTF? This thing hides my drives for itself or what? Already uninstalled this piece of crap. It seemed like it just disabled the drives in device manager, because all I had to do to get my IDE drives back was to enable them. People at Farstone have no idea what they're doing, they should know that this method does NOT work with Starforce.

25-11-2005	#13 (permalink)
Vampirtc CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 30	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom Well, why did it work for me?

26-11-2005	#14 (permalink)
Wolverin666 New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 18	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom Hoping you NOT MOUNTED the CloneImage in your USB, becouse MANY of SF games/versions cannot handle USB drive and if you Mount in it, the game WORKS! If used your USB drive I guess did work for you!!!!!!! And not for the Farstone Virtualdrive 10.. Please answer!

26-11-2005	#15 (permalink)
Vampirtc CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 30	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom USB2 drive was disconnected, it usually is because it is quite noisy. Image was mounted from SATA hard drive via DT4. VirtualDrive 10 just disabled IDE DVD-ROM I have.

28-11-2005	#19 (permalink)
VirusHack CD Freaks Die Hard Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK Posts: 984	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom Need For Speed 2: Most Wanted uses SafeDisc 4.60 not Starforce. VH __________________ Click HERE to join CDFreaks.com! Its free! Want to post? Read the forum rules and go right ahead! I do not provide help via PM/e-mail! So don't even think about it. Spread the Fire with FireFox Reclaim Your Inbox with Thunderbird Speed up FireFox My rig: Antec Nine Hundred ATX Gaming Case 700W Jeantech 'Storm' PSU AMD Athlon 64 6400+ X2 'Black Edition' @ 3.2Ghz - Stock (Skt AM2) Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P (nVidia GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 chipset - Rev 1.0 - BIOS F3) 2GB 'DOMINATOR' Corsair dual channel DDR2 RAM (PC2-6400/800Mhz) 140GB Western Digital Raptor - System storage (SATAII 10k RPM 16MB Cache) 400Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - File storage (SATAII 72k RPM 16Mb Cache) BenQ DW1620 (B7W9 - R2) BFG GeForce 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E (163.75) Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (Rev 1) Razer Lachesis Banshee Blue Gaming Mouse "He who controls the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past." - Kane

28-11-2005	#21 (permalink)
VirusHack CD Freaks Die Hard Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK Posts: 984	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom By the looks of it (never used it) No. All it does is make an image and mount it. Can it be copied? I wouldnt think so. SafeDisc 4.6 very advanced. Also if you have the DVD version. Theres no hope of a disk copy as DVD game cannot be copied, @ all. VH __________________ Click HERE to join CDFreaks.com! Its free! Want to post? Read the forum rules and go right ahead! I do not provide help via PM/e-mail! So don't even think about it. Spread the Fire with FireFox Reclaim Your Inbox with Thunderbird Speed up FireFox My rig: Antec Nine Hundred ATX Gaming Case 700W Jeantech 'Storm' PSU AMD Athlon 64 6400+ X2 'Black Edition' @ 3.2Ghz - Stock (Skt AM2) Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P (nVidia GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 chipset - Rev 1.0 - BIOS F3) 2GB 'DOMINATOR' Corsair dual channel DDR2 RAM (PC2-6400/800Mhz) 140GB Western Digital Raptor - System storage (SATAII 10k RPM 16MB Cache) 400Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - File storage (SATAII 72k RPM 16Mb Cache) BenQ DW1620 (B7W9 - R2) BFG GeForce 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E (163.75) Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (Rev 1) Razer Lachesis Banshee Blue Gaming Mouse "He who controls the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past." - Kane

29-11-2005	#25 (permalink)
lui_gough CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: .au/sydney Posts: 1,025	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom Back in Win98 when i tried it - i knew it had issues - it screwed my windows installation. I don't recommend their Virtualdrive anyway. I hated it back then, and it hasn't changed. __________________ Drives I Own (and are in use in one of my many computers): - 3x BenQ DW1640 - 2x Pioneer DVR-111L - LG 4163B - Liteon SOHW-1633@1653s - Nu-Tech DDW-082 - Liteon 166s - Pioneer 120S - BenQ 1650s - LG GCE-8523B - Liteon LTR-5224 - BenQ 5224W - Liteon SOSW-852S - Philips DVD+-RW SDVD8820 - Ricoh MP7163A - Asus CD-S500/A

27-11-2005	#16 (permalink)
gtguy01 New on Forum Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom Beware this program will overwrite dozens of windows system files, change your device drivers, add several more useless startup programs and conflict with any other cd/dvd rom software you have.

27-11-2005	#17 (permalink)
philcdv New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 28	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom no since 3.5 version......

28-11-2005	#18 (permalink)
hajj_3 CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 37	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom can need for speed most wanted be copied?

28-11-2005	#20 (permalink)
hajj_3 CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 37	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom can it be copied though? does this progrm remove the protection off the disc?

28-11-2005	#22 (permalink)
IcedFreon New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom i dont see any disable ide option. where is it

29-11-2005	#23 (permalink)
IcedFreon New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom This thing doesnt work worth a damn. just disables my drives as if i went into device manager myself.

29-11-2005	#24 (permalink)
E-Buzz CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 61	Re: VirtualDrive 10 Pro - Disable IDE CD-Rom Do not, i repeat, DO NOT install this piece of crap software, under no circumstances! It is bound to get you in trouble, with a screwed up Windows installation in the worst case scenario. I installed, rebooted, checked the software out and found it pretty useless. But......when i tried to uninstall it i got the BSOD. I rebooted, and even before windows started i got the BSOD, rebooted again, same thing. Started in Safe mode, tried to uninstall it, no can do, Windows Installer Service does not start in Safe Mode. Had to finally find a System Restore Point to get rid of it and start using Windows again. The result of that was a bunch of other f****d up changes made on the computer. Took me a stiff hour just to be able to start Windows normally. I dont recommend testing this software at all. It promises a lot but seems pretty lame when trying to do some of the things it promises. Overpriced junk, imho

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