Common Questions & Answers

A number of applications and games do not work properly if their CD is not in the CD-ROM drive. CD Anywhere emulates the physical media so that the application works correctly. In addition, CD Anywhere can compress the CD image. When the original CD has a lot of small files, these files will consume considerably more disk space because of the way files are stored on the hard disk. The single CD image created by CD Anywhere makes for the most efficient use of the disk space. With compression on, you can usually save another 50% in disk space.

2. Does compression of a CD image affect performance?

Since the hard disk provides data at up to 200 times faster than a CD drive, the small overhead of decompressing an image can be ignored. The virtual CD will always be faster than using a physical CD-ROM drive.

3. Can I access a single CD image located on a server from different workstations simultaneously?

For those CDs without restrictions, the application will run fine when using the CD Anywhere Network Edition. Personal Edition does not support this configuration. Keep in mind that some applications shipped on CDs have licensing restrictions to prevent you from running it more than once. CD Anywhere cannot bypass these restrictions.

4. Can I make an image of a copy-protected CD?

In some cases - yes. A few copy protection systems will mark every CD with a unique identifier that is not readable by CD Anywhere. If this is the case, while an image can be made, the program on the image may fail to run properly. Most DVD videos also use a form of copy protection, CD Anywhere can release from region and CSS encrpytion protection automaticly.

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5. What types of CDs are supported?

CD Anywhere supports data CDs, audio CDs, mixed CDs that have both data and audio tracks, DVD-ROMs (with a DVD-ROM drive), VCDs and most multi-session CDs. You cannot make an image of most DVD videos, due to the copy protection techniques, and the large file sizes (over 2 GB) that would be required. The editing feature (the ability to add and remove tracks from an image) is supported for all images except multi-session CDs.

6. What operating systems is CD Anywhere compatible with?

All CD Anywhere editions work under Windows 95/98/Me, and Windows NT/2000/XP Workstation. The Network Edition also works under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server.

7. Can I specify the drive letter for each virtual CD-ROM drive?

Yes. When you install a new virtual CD-ROM drive you can specify any desired drive letter, from those not in use.

8. Can audio CDs be saved into MP3 format?

Yes, also you need not have an MP3 encoder installed to save MP3 tracks, but need an MP3 player to listen to MP3 tracks. These are not part of CD Anywhere. There are many such products available.

9. What is the difference between the Personal (Single-user) and Network (Multi-user) Editions of CD Anywhere?

Personal Edition of CD Anywhere is designed to be used by a single end-user. The Network Edition is designed for network environments that use shared image files.

For the Network Edition, CD Anywhere's images are placed on the office file server. The CD Anywhere program is installed on workstations to create virtual CD drives and access images on the file server. Multiple users can access the same CD image at the same time, without conflicts.

10. I have Personal Edition of CD Anywhere. When I attempt to load the same image that is currently in one virtual drive into a 2nd virtual drive - the error message appears "The system can't open the file". What is wrong?

You must use the Network Edition of CD Anywhere if you need to place the same image into several virtual drives at the same time.

11. I created an image of a program CD, but when I insert this image in a virtual drive the program can't locate it. What is wrong?

Some programs save the drive letter that you used to install it from. The easiest approach is to first make the image of the program, and then install the program from the image, rather than the physical CD.

12. I copy video DVD to my hard disk, CD Anywhere pop up a message box said my hard disk isn't NTFS format and cann't copy this DVD, What is wrong?

On Microsoft Windows, all program can manager file which is less than 4GB if your hard disk is FAT16 or FAT32 format. The NTFS can manager files which is larger than 4GB. You need convert your hard drive from FAT to NTFS if you need save large files.

13. I have a program that came on multiple CDs and I have created images for all of the CDs. I then created a virtual drive for every CD image and inserted images into them. Now when I start the program it does not see all the CDs. What is wrong?

The program makes an incorrect assumption that only one CD-ROM drive can exist in a system. It expects each CD to be in the same drive letter as the first one. Such programs would behave in the same way even if you attach several physical CD-ROM drives.

The only way to make this type of programs work, is to load each image when requested into the same virtual CD drive. You might also check to see if the program vendor has a newer version that supports multiple CD drives.

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