[Coco] OT: Mounting CDROM images

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 20 July 2006 11:55, Benoit Bleau wrote:
>Gene, I found this with google:
>
>Microsoft has a free, 60kb program that does the same thing! Of
> course, it is not supported... and it's not as friendly as the
> software listed above; however, it works and it's free.
>
>Here's the download link:
>winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel<http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/
>6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.e
>xe>

I'm glad you found something that works.  And that you furnished the url 
in your reply so that other windows users on this list might be helped.  
As a linux user myself, its mostly moot to me.  :)

>Here's the readme:
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------------------- Readme for Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel
> v2.0.1.1
>
>THIS TOOL IS UNSUPPORT BY MICROSOFT PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES
>
>
>System Requirements
>===================
>- Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional
>
>Installation instructions
>=========================
>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.
>
>
>Good luck :)
>--
>Benoit

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