A CD emulator with CD/DVD burning and multimedia capability, VirtualDrive Pro 10 replaces VirtualDrive Utility and Burning Suite as FarStone's best virtual CD/DVD software.
 
VirtualDrive Pro 10 is CD emulator that copies a CD or unprotected DVD as a compressed image, or "virtual disc," and saves the file to a hard drive, a network, a USB device, or to a portable medium. The virtual CD can be played in place of the original disc, directly on your computer's hard drive, in any one of up to 23 "virtual drives" created by the software. You can load each of your virtual drives with a virtual disc, play multiple discs simultaneously, and move from one PC game or application to another without handling CDs or waiting for a loaded disc to spin up.
 
VirtualDrive Pro 10 replaces VirtualDrive and Burning Suite as FarStone's best CD emulation software. It has all of the features of VirtualDrive 10, plus CD/DVD burning, multimedia capability, and Virtual Hard Drive, which lets you run programs directly in RAM at speeds up to 340 times faster than your hard drive.

Virtual CDs can be catalogued in a searchable library. They run directly on your hard drive with access speeds nearly 200 times faster than CD-ROMs, greatly improving the performance of PC games and disc-based applications. They can be transported on a laptop computer or USB device and burned to rewritable CD-ROM as backup for your games and applications.

VirtualDrive Pro, VirtualDrive & GameDrive — How Are They Different?

VirtualDrive Pro offers all the features and PC game support of VirtualDrive and GameDrive. But it also lets you  burn CDs and DVDs (audio, video, and data) and create custom slide shows. It also comes with Virtual Hard Drive, which enables you to run applications in RAM up to 340 times faster than on your hard drive.                

What's New in VirtualDrive Pro 10?

          o Improved Game Compatibility: VirtualDrive Pro supports more PC games than any other CD emulator. Supported titles include Madden 2006, Dungeon Siege, Sacred Gold, Advent Rising, and Doom 3
          o Mutimedia Capability: Create movies and slide shows from your favorite still photos, MP3s, and video clips
          o Virtual Hard Drive: Run virtual CDs in RAM up to 340 times faster than on your hard drive
          o CD Burning: Burn directly to rewritable CD or DVD
          o Custom Virtual CD Creation: Compile a virtual CD containing documentation, expansion packs, and custom programs
          o Enhanced Disc Type Support: VirtualDrive Pro converts CD-ROMs, audio CDs, mixed-mode CDs, photo CDs, video CDs (DVD-ROMs data-mode), and unencrypted video DVDs
          o Greater Copyright Protection Support: VirtualDrive supports most major copyright protections, including SafeDisc 1 & 2, SecuROM, Laser Lock, CD-Cops, SecurRom 5, SecuROM 7, Starforce 1/2/3, and Smarte
          o More Intuitive GUI: Create and manage virtual CDs in user-friendly interface that even a novice can understand

Backup functions in the VirtualDrive Pro interface

Portability and Convenience: Virtual CDs can be saved to a hard drive, network, or USB device, easily transported, and played by browsing and clicking. There’s no need to lug around physical discs

Optimal Performance: A virtual CD runs directly on the hard drive, eliminating spin up delay. And VirtualDrive Pro contains RapidCache® technology, which reduces access times by 75%

Data Backup: Protect your CDs from loss, damage, or theft by creating high-quality, compressed digital copies and saving them to your hard drive

CD/DVD Archiving: Virtual discs can be catalogued via a user-friendly interface, and managed with a few clicks of a mouse

Multiple Disc Play: You can run up to 23 programs simultaneously, depending of the number of virtual drives you've configured. There’s no need to swap out physical discs

Live Update: Live Update subscription service offers up-to-date game support, patches, and fixes

How Does VirtualDrive Pro Work?

VirtualDrive Pro copies an entire CD or DVD as a compressed disc-image file, or virtual disc. The virtual CD contains a driver that fools Windows into treating it as if it were a physical CD running in a CD-ROM drive.

VirtualDrive Pro lets you create up to 23 virtual CD/DVD-ROM drives and an unlimited number of virtual CDs and DVDs. You can have as many virtual drives as you have available drive letters, and run multiple virtual CDs simultaneously, swapping them out without spin up delays.

System Requirements

CPU: Intel Pentium 133 or higher
RAM: 64MB or more
Hard Drive: 25MB free space
Operating System: Windows 2000 and XP 32-bit operating systems; 64-bit support will be available by mid-2006
Optional: CD/DVD burner

Available Options:

1 Year Download (+$9.99) 1 Year Product Support (+$9.99) 90 Day Download (+$4.99) Backup FlashDrive Shipped (+$9.99)