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CD V3  Product information
Now WindowsTM users can run CD applications and music CDs directly off Hard disks, even without a CD drive. The revolutionary Microtest Virtual CD lets users build "virtual" images of CDs onto hard disks and access them to run applications. Virtual CD is ideal for users looking for greater performance or to run CD applications from notebooks and other mobile computers not equipped with CD drives.
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No more hassle with swapping CDs!
Are you bothered by programs which requires an inserted CD? Virtual CD accesses the CDs through the hard-disk - The media itself is not required anymore. No more piles of CDs lying around getting scratched or lost.
Speed up your CD drive!
Virtual CD copies your favorite CDs with a modern compression onto your hard-disk. Now you have access to your CDs at lightning speed without any CD drive noise emission!
Access Multiple CD-ROM Applications Simultaneously
Virtual CD can emulate up to 23 CD drives and an unlimited amount of virtual CDs. There's no swapping media while accessing several applications at a time!
Listen to your favorite music CDs without a CD drive!
Virtual CD is the one and only CD caching software which emulates music and mixedmode CDs e.g. with the MP3 compression algorithm (up to 95% compression)!
More Mobility for Your Laptop
Travel light and leave you external drive and the CD medias at home - Just load the virtual CD image file from your PC or your network environment! You may exchange your internal CD drive with a second battery pack to double the battery capacity. No risk of electrical interference in an airplane by the CD drive anymore!
New features in Virtual CD V.3:
Please note, that Virtual CD V.3 does not work in network environments.
Microtest will release a special network version within August 2000. We will offer special discount prices for user of the current stand-alone version.
- Windows 9x/NT/2000 compatibility
- fully customizable virtual CDs
- new CD read-out algorithm for specially mastered source-CDs
- improved compression of data-CDs (ca. plus 10-50% compared to V.2)
- CDDB music CD internet database support for title and track information
- New user interface with advanced user wizards
- Hotkey for on-the-fly insert of virtual CDs
- Advanced autostart mechanism and command line control for Virtual CD automation
System Requirements
- IBM compatible PC with Pentium CPU or better
- o MS Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0 workstation incl. Service pack (or higher)
- Minimum of 32MB RAM (Windows NT/2000: Minimum of 64MB RAM)
- 10 MB on the hard disk for the software plus enough space for the CD image files
- MS DirectSound compatible sound card
- CD-ROM/DVD drive
- Windows 95 users additional requirements: MS DirectX V.3 (or higher)
Technical Support
Please refer to the online help of the software and our FAQ (frequently asked questions) first, before you contact the technical support.
Make sure to have following information available before contacting our technical support.
- Where have you purchased Virtual CD?
- Which version are you using (stated in the read me)
- Which operating system are you using? (Windows 95/98, NT 4 workstation)?
- Have you installed the latest update/service pack for your operating system?
- Do you use CD-R software? Please install the latest service pack for such software as it solves many problems.
Technical support is solely available via email:vcdsupport@microtest.com
We try to answer as soon as possible. Please note, that the suport staff is located in Germany (GMT+1h).
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Demoversion:
Here you can download the 30 days trial version of Virtual CD v3.04
Demoversion (4.6MB)
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