I can’t stand keeping track of programs or games that come on CD-ROM. They get left out, scratched and misplaced. If you own a program or game that has to be in your CD-ROM drive in order to work I’ve found a nifty solution. This will allow you to create an image of your CD programs which are stored on your local drive. So now, instead of fumbling for the right CD someone around your house, you can using Daemon Tools to emulate a CD-ROM drive and mount images of your programs and games.
1. Download LCISO Creator
2. Put the program or game CD in your CD-ROM drive
3. Launch LCISO Creator and click “Create ISO”
4. Create a folder on your local drive to store the soon to be created ISO file
5. Now download a program called Daemon Tools
6. Install Daemon tools (be careful to install only core program files)
7. You’ll probably need to reboot your machine before or after installation
8. Run Daemon tools which you should now see in your system tray (red with lightning)
9. In system tray, right click on icon and chose Virtual CD/DVD/Device 0/Mount Image
10. Find ISO folder you create and select the ISO.
11. The program will not think it’s been loaded into your CD-ROM.
12. You can now launch your game or program from the start menu or sometimes by clicking on virtual CD-ROM drive in Windows Explorer
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