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(70 votes) Published: Jan 08, 2008 6:32 p.m. In 2 Favorites Lists Viewed 297 times
When I first started using warez and torrents to download games, I would always get confused. I always seemed to end up with these weird files that would not be able to run with any program I had on my computer. They came up as "unknown" files. And after all that extracting and downloading, I really wanted to play the game that I had been waiting for, for so long. So now I’m here to show those of you who might not know, how to successfully run those .iso, .bin, etc. files without even burning them to a CD/DVD.
*Note, .iso’s/.bin’s are called "image" files. They contain compacted data that can be burned to a cd/dvd rom. Once burned, it can be played without any further action.*
So lets start with the first step, downloading the program we will be using: Daemon Tools. It is a very nice program that can create virtual drives, that tricks the computer into thinking that it is running a cd, when in reality, it is just running the .iso file. Aka - Emulating.
1. Click here http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php?mode=ViewCategory&catid=5 and download the version of Daemon Tools that adheres to your computer specs. Try x86 first, and if it comes up as an error when you are trying to install, just download x64 and it should install properly.
2. Bookmark this page in case you can’t find it back. Half way during the installation it will require you to reboot, and the setup will continue as normal after your computer is booted up. Let it do so.
3. Once back it will ask you which components you wish to install. MAKE SURE YOU DE-CHECK DAEMON TOOLS SEARCH BAR! If you don’t you will get some annoying adware. You can get rid of it, but I like to avoid those situations ;)
4. Choose a "Destination Folder", or accept the default, then Click "Install".
5. Finish the installation and run Daemon Tools.
6. You will notice a red logo in your task bar. Right click the icon and go to "Virtual CD/DVD-ROM", select ’Set number of Devices. It should look like this. I set the number of devices to 4, but it’s up to you how many you want to set. *Sometimes you need to run multiple .iso files in order to install something, that is one of the reasons that option is there.*
7. Right-click on the DAEMON Tools icon, Select "Virtual CD/DVD-ROM",
Select "Device 0 [ J:]" and Click "Mount".
8. Browse to and click the desired image file and click Ok. Like this.
9. The movie/game/application should automatically run once mounted. If you go to "My Computer" it should show you the virtual drive with the image file being run, or just an empty virtual drive.
10. In order to unmount, (or eject the virtual disk, so to speak) just right click the tray icon again, go to Virtual CD/DVD-ROM, and select unmount or unmount all drives. It looks like this.
11. Congratulations, you can now run virtual cd/dvd’s without burning them! Like usual, if you have any problems plz feel free to MSG me!
Jan 08, 2008 7:32 pm - 0*s I use daemon tools to play downloaded games and as an extra drive. But I didn’t have to read this egg to learn how to do that.
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