Virtual Drive

by FarStone Technology, Inc.

FarStone VirtualDrive is a CD/DVD/Blu-ray emulator that turns discs into image files and runs them from up to 23 virtual drives.

Operating system: Windows

Publisher: FarStone Technology, Inc.

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Virtual Drive by FarStone is an application for copying CD/DVD and Blu-ray discs and creating their images. Using the program allows you to emulate the presence of a disc in the drive tray (for example, in the case of some games). Among other things, VirtualDrive runs up to 23 virtual drives at once, mounts ISO images, burns images back to disc, shares virtual discs over a network and loads them at startup. It is no longer updated.

Virtual Drive lets you run discs from the hard drive without the physical media, which is faster and spares the original discs.
Windows 10 or earlier

PROS
Saves physical space by eliminating need for physical storage mediums.
Provides high-speed access to files compared to physical drives.
Virtual discs can be shared with other computers over a network.

CONS
No longer updated and the official website is offline.
Sold only as paid Pro and Network editions.
Potential compatibility issues with newer Windows versions.
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