Alcohol 120%
Powerful Windows CD and DVD burning software to create backups of DVDs and CDs
Creating a virtual drive on a PC is a fast solution to many of the problems that users face in their daily work. Not enough hard drive space? Tired of waiting for a few minutes each time to download your favorite CD, while sadly marking on its surface all the new scratches and damage? Want to create disc images? Then you should definitely get to know Alcohol 120% better. This software has a number of important features. In addition to all of the above, it allows you to burn CDs and DVDs, thus creating backups of important information. Using Alcohol 120%, you will provide the longest lifetime CD with important information.
Every user must have a set of such programs and data that he uses every day. And the real test of nerve strength is to waste time loading a disk with this information and accompanying the process of drive humming. It's a particularly sensitive issue for gamers. The only simple solution to the problem in this situation may be to mount a virtual drive. By pressing two buttons you can transfer the information from the external CD to the virtual drive, which can be launched by double-clicking on it. The utility supports the ability to write files directly from the PC's hard drive (this is the responsibility of the unique Pre-Mastering technology). From high quality video formats Alcohol 120% recognizes Blu-ray and HD DVD. You can run up to 31 virtual disks (full version) and 6 virtual disks (demo version) on your computer. Such a unique opportunity is provided by far the least number of applications.
Alcohol 120% allows for the creation and management of up to 31 virtual drives, enabling faster access to data and reducing physical disc wear.
The speed of work with the data written down on CD, concedes speed of processing of the information on a virtual disk in some times. You will be pleasantly surprised when you will feel how easy and pleasant it is to get access to the necessary information without doing anything else. When copying protected discs Alcohol 120% automatically bypasses all restrictions (at the moment there are no problems with discs, which used SafeDisc, Securom, StarForce, LaserLock). The utility also provides the ability to work with disks remotely. Thanks to the built-in iSCSI server Alcohol 120% is able to arrange the exchange of mounted virtual disks in the internal network of the enterprise or between home computers, also connected to the network.
On the 11th anniversary of the release of the first version of Alcohol 120% released a special free version - Free Edition - for home non-commercial use.
Alcohol 120% Free Edition allows you to create only 2 virtual drives, as well as record only 1 disk at a time. Also, the option of emulating different protections is not available.
- making copies of the discs;
- emulates and records images;
- allows you to use the image as if it were a regular CD drive with a disk;
- removes the copy protection;
- supports simultaneous operation with 31 virtual drives;
- enables direct copying of information from disk to disk;
- allows you to protect the created images with a password;
- supports saving virtual disks on a LAN server and then using them by network-connected computers.
- searches for image files;
- saves battery power when using a laptop;
- Provides a higher speed of reading information from the virtual disk.
PROS
Provides strong copy protection features.
Easy to use with a clear and intuitive interface.
CONS
Not very user-friendly interface, with complex features.
Premium version is somewhat expensive.
