Here's a tutorial I just wrote. Is there anything I should add before I post this in the games section?
Daemon Tools Tutorial
Introduction:
[size=10]Daemon Tools is a disk image emulator and optical disc authoring program for Microsoft Windows. A disk image emulator is computer software designed to mount a disk image, usually of a CD or DVD, from a local hard drive or USB flash drive. The mounting is usually done by creating a virtual drive on the system, that to the operating system looks like an ordinary disk drive, in other words disc reading hardware is substituted with disc images.
Daemon Tools is used to run games so you need to have the application open as long as you're playing the game.
The are some of the files supported by Daemon Tools:
- cue/bin
- iso
- ccd (CloneCD file)
- mds (Media Descriptor File)
- cdi (Discjuggler file)
- nrg (Nero file)
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Part 1, Installing Daemon Tools:
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Download Daemon Tools. You can get the latest version from that link.
- Open the .exe file
- Follow the instructions and install the application.
- Start Daemon Tools. A red lightning bolt will appear in the system tray near the clock. This is what you use to work with Daemon Tools.
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Part 2, Mouting an image file:
[size=10]Make sure you're trying to install an Image File. If you don't know, you can find out by right clicking the file and checking the properties.
I'm gonna use Discipline as an example because I really love that game.
- Right click the Daemon Tools icon
- Select Virtual CD/DVD-ROM
- Select set numbers of devices...
- Choose and click 1 drive
- Select Device 0: [Drive] No Media
- Select and click mount image
- The open file window will appear. Find the file your trying to mount and click open
- The install screen will appear. If it doesn't, go to My Computer and open the CD manually.
- Install the game and enjoy.
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