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First Steps

To work with the Virtual CD program, you need to begin by creating a virtual CD. Then you will insert
this new virtual CD into a virtual CD drive.

"All roads lead to Rome..."

There are a number of ways to start Virtual CD, which means you can customise your use according
to your personal preferences. When you want to create or insert a virtual CD, you can begin by run-
ning either the Start Wizard or the Management program, by clicking on the quick-start icon in the
system tray, or by selecting a VCD program from a context-sensitive menu in Explorer.

The examples given here use only one method each time a particular function is described. See the
on-line Help for detailed descriptions of the other choices.

Creating a Virtual CD

Insert the original CD from which you want to create a virtual image into your CD drive. Make sure
the CD is not scratched or dirty.

Wait a few seconds for Windows to detect the CD.

Note:

Make sure the CD is not accessed by any other program while you are making the virtual

CD. Close the programs – such as the Windows CD Player –  in your Autostart group.

(The first time you start Virtual CD, by clicking on its icon on your desktop, a Wizard starts that
offers to help you create a virtual CD. See below for details about selecting a source CD.)

Double-click on the "My Computer" symbol on your desktop to view a list of
the available drives.

Right-click on the physical CD drive that contains your source CD :

This opens a context-sensitive menu, to which Virtual CD has added the command 

Create a virtual

CD

. Select this option to start the Image Wizard, which guides you step by step through the creation

of a virtual CD. Click on 

Next

to select the source CD:

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Summary of Contents for VIRTUAL CD v3

Page 1: ...Manual Network Edition...

Page 2: ...hat are under license and you create multiple virtual images of such CDs or if you use a physical CD and a virtual version of the same CD simultaneously on different computers you may be in violation...

Page 3: ...on 6 First Steps 7 Creating a Virtual CD 7 Inserting a Virtual CD 13 Using the Virtual CD Management Program 13 Starting the Virtual CD Management Program 13 Deleting Virtual CDs 14 Adding Existing Vi...

Page 4: ...CDs on hard disks using highly efficient data compression techniques The first step is to create virtual CDs from your original CDs These are stored on your hard disk in container files also called i...

Page 5: ...nction System Requirements Virtual CD generally works on all systems that run Windows since it is a Windows device driver that requires few resources Your system should meet the following minimum spec...

Page 6: ...f this is not the case double click on My Computer in your Explorer and then on the symbol for the drive where you inserted the Virtual CD program CD Now you should see the contents of the program CD...

Page 7: ...t the original CD from which you want to create a virtual image into your CD drive Make sure the CD is not scratched or dirty Wait a few seconds for Windows to detect the CD Note Make sure the CD is n...

Page 8: ...to do this Virtual CD has to know which directory to store the new image file in and under what name Virtual CD will suggest a path which is actually a default you can configure in the Virtual CD Man...

Page 9: ...or music CDs so you won t have to worry about it again Click on Next to continue In this window you can select the tracks from the source CD to be included on the virtual CD This window also shows tec...

Page 10: ...nly a slight reduction in data volume it s best not to use data com pression at all select None This is because data compression uses up processor capacity not only when you create the virtual CD but...

Page 11: ...rference If this happens try the analog option With this option the CD is played and then recorded from the computer s sound card Use the Test recording function to check the volume settings Click on...

Page 12: ...leave this option de selected and have you load the CD manually when it s finished The Start program option is described in detail in the on line Help program Click on Finish to begin the actual copyi...

Page 13: ...mand a list of all your vir tual CDs is shown The one you choose here is loaded into the virtual CD drive selected Now you can work with your virtual CD as though it was a real CD Using the Virtual C...

Page 14: ...f you have a virtual CD that you no longer need you can delete it using the Virtual CD Management program Select the virtual CD you want to delete in the upper right hand window pane and click on the...

Page 15: ...n the Search button the following dialog box opens Enter the directory that the Manager should Search in and click on Start searching The image files found are listed in the lower half of the dialog b...

Page 16: ...CD the CD contents are shown here Select the desired track s The option to Store audio tracks in buffer is very useful if for example you want to create a virtual CD with tracks from different source...

Page 17: ...he CDDB Service If your computer does not have Internet access you should deactivate this option When you make a virtual CD the Image Wizard offers to Automatically create a directory for the new imag...

Page 18: ...d read me file under Start Programs Virtual CD 3 read me for assistance Up to date information about the program is posted our Web site at www virtualcd online com where you can also download any Serv...

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