need help with win xp virtual cd controlpanel_21

I'm trying to run a game that requires the CD to be in the drive.

I downloaded this http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4402.html today, and I'm stuck on the intallation instructions (below). Step 9 confuses me. What "Image file" does it want ? Can someone help? Thanx

Installation instructions
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1. Copy VCdRom.sys to your %systemroot%\system32\drivers folder.
2. Execute VCdControlTool.exe
3. Click "Driver control"
4. If the "Install Driver" button is available, click it. Navigate to the %systemroot%\system32\drivers folder, select VCdRom.sys, and click Open.
5. Click "Start"
6. Click OK
7. Click "Add Drive" to add a drive to the drive list. Ensure that the drive added is not a local drive. If it is, continue to click "Add Drive" until an unused drive letter is available.
8. Select an unused drive letter from the drive list and click "Mount".
9. Navigate to the image file, select it, and click "OK". UNC naming conventions should not be used, however mapped network drives should be OK.

You may now use the drive letter as if it were a local CD-ROM device. When you are finished you may unmount, stop, and remove the driver from memory using the driver control.

 

A disk image file (or simply a disk image) is an exact binary copy of an entire disk or drive. Disk image files contain ALL the data stored on the source drive including not only its files and folders but also its boot sectors, file allocation tables, volume attributes and any other system-specific data. Actually, a disk image is not a collection of files or folders but is an exact duplicate of the raw data of the original disk, sector by sector.

Since disk images contain the raw disk data, it is possible to create an image of a disk written in an unknown format or even under an unknown operating system.

File formats of disk images usually depend on the type of the source drive. For example, ISO files are CD images; IMG (or IMA) files usually are images of hard, floppy and/or removable disks; and XDF files are always floppy disk images.

Disk images are widely used by CD recording software for transferring and storing complete CD contents. A lot of CD recording programs use their own formats for disk images. Some of these formats are plain ISO image files renamed with another extension.

 

Good info! I guess i'm going to rip the entire cd then?
Still a little confused here, sorry. I'm slow. Do you think a program like Roxio could make an "image", or is there a better way within windows XP? Either way, I'm going to try...so i'll post my results here just for the hallibut.

Thanx 4 your time

 

whelp, no luck with Roxio Basic 5. I also tried making the image with Nero and Clone Cd, to no avail. apparently their image files are named after the programs, so xp virtual cd controlpanel_21 will not recognize them...so i can't mount the drive.

Is there a freeware program that can make an actual .ISO file?

 

Try this http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4242.html

 

Here's another option to consider http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/download.php
DAEMON Tools is an advanced application for multiprotection emulation. It is further development of Generic Safedisc emulator and incorporates all its features. This program allows running Backup Copies of SafeDisc (C-Dilla), Securom, Laserlock, CDCOPS, StarForce and Protect CD (and many others) protected games. Also included is a Virtual DVDROM drive (Generic DVD-ROM) enabling you to use your CD images as if they were already burned to CD! DAEMON Tools works under Windows9x/ME/NT/2000/XP with all types of CD/DVDROM drives (IDE/SCSI) and supports nearly any CD protection.

* DAEMON Tools needs a 1:1 Copy to run!!
* DAEMON Tools is used to RUN GAMES, NOT TO BURN THEM!!! Means emulation must be active while you want to play a game, not while burning the copy (except for you want to use DAEMON Tools' "fastdump" feature on a safedisc protected CD).
* If you want to run a copy protected application from an image mounted to a Generic DVD-ROM enabling the copy protection emulation(s) is NOT necessary!!
* Generic DVD-ROM is able to run nearly every protected or unprotected CD image (Safedisc®, Securom®, Laserlock®, Lockblocks® etc.) like it was the original CD! Just do an image file using one of the supported burning programs and mount it with Daemon Manager!

DAEMON Tools supports the following image files:

* cue/bin
* iso
* ccd (CloneCD)
* bwt (Blindwrite)
* mds (Media Descriptor File)
* cdi (Discjuggler)
* nrg (Nero)
* pdi (Instant CD/DVD)
* b5t (BlindWrite 5)
Registration/payment isn't required for personal use, but if you have a few bucks, it doesn't hurt.