Phantom CD Drive

On 2/17/10, DanS posted:
> Edward W. Thompson <> wrote in
> news::

>> I have found the 'problem' program which was 'PowerISO'. I understand
>> from a Google search (sorry should have done this before I posted)
>> that 'UltraISO' does the same thing, that is creates a 'phantom' CD
>> Drive. I have since reverted to MagicISO and no virtual drive to
>> clutter up Explorer!.

> You could have set PowerISO to use 0 (zero) virtual drives through the
> Explorer PowerISO context menu or in the program options.

Which is what I do. I also think you can set the other programs to have
a virtual drive present even when nothing is on the burner (so to
speak).

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On 2/17/2010 2:20 AM, Edward W. Thompson wrote:
> I have found the 'problem' program which was 'PowerISO'. I understand
> from a Google search (sorry should have done this before I posted)
> that 'UltraISO' does the same thing, that is creates a 'phantom' CD
> Drive. I have since reverted to MagicISO and no virtual drive to
> clutter up Explorer!.
>
> Thanks to all for their suggestions/help

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:20:37 -0500, Joel <> wrote:

>Char Jackson <> wrote:
>
>>>Good idea, since MagicISO is the best, imo.
>>
>>How do they compare to UltraISO? Have you tried that one?
>
>
>Interesting - I remember noticing that name in Wikipedia's comparison
>chart:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_image_software
>
>... but it appears to me that unless one needs the specific features
>of UltraISO (or another of the competing programs), my comment is
>probably valid, since it's based on my personal preference for the
>overall design of MagicISO (but nonetheless, merely my opinion). I am
>sure, having looked at UltraISO's site now, that it would be my second
>choice, though (and thus you've given another great tip).
>
>For straight-up ripping of a CD/DVD-ROM, though, I prefer WinImage.
>I'm sure (obviously) that it's functionally no different from the
>others for that purpose, but I was just blown away by how cool and
>old-school it is, and had to support its developer.

Very cool, thanks.

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:20:15 +0000, Edward W. Thompson
<> wrote:

>I have found the 'problem' program which was 'PowerISO'. I understand
>from a Google search (sorry should have done this before I posted)
>that 'UltraISO' does the same thing, that is creates a 'phantom' CD
>Drive. I have since reverted to MagicISO and no virtual drive to
>clutter up Explorer!.
>
>Thanks to all for their suggestions/help

Well done that man! I'd been puzzling the same problem for weeks now.

Best regards

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