Alcohol 52% now FREEWARE

[starwars7]

excelent, I'll have to check it out

 

[compcons]

I have created several images from my games. The DVD's wwork fine, but cd's fail. I found a turtorial for making mini images. It says to cancel after x errors (I think it's 6). Do NOT delete the partial files. The partial file will work for the image well enough to trick the game that te cd is in teh drive.

Good luck.

 

[kakarotxiv]

no


not better than DT

 

[Bull Dog]

Originally posted by: Lurker1

Originally posted by: Staples
Plus a lot of games are finally coming on DVDs. No way I'd make an image of that and leave it sitting on my HDD taking up so much space.

8GB or so out of 300+GB?

or for me, 8GB or so out of 1.2TB

 

[Googer]

Thanks, Alcohol is darn good software.

 

[Googer]

http://www.free-downloads.net/downloads/Alcohol_52__Free_Edition/

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: vfrjim

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
I've used Daemon Tools for years, but this is hot! :thumbsup:

IE toolbar though? :thumbsdown:

- JaAG

I second Daemon tools, great FREE app. No toolbars needed, enough crap on my system.

Daemon Tools comes with "Save Now" toolbar /adware that installs itself onto your system during a Daemon Tools install. You can remove the alc toolbar easily via add/remove programs, you do not need the toolbar to use alc 52%, just like you do not need Save Now to use Daemon Tools.

is this a recent thing? i don't notice a "save now" tool bar on my daemon tool system?
*edit, guess i might have unchecked it during install or something.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: vfrjim

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
I've used Daemon Tools for years, but this is hot! :thumbsup:

IE toolbar though? :thumbsdown:

- JaAG

I second Daemon tools, great FREE app. No toolbars needed, enough crap on my system.

Daemon Tools comes with "Save Now" toolbar /adware that installs itself onto your system during a Daemon Tools install. You can remove the alc toolbar easily via add/remove programs, you do not need the toolbar to use alc 52%, just like you do not need Save Now to use Daemon Tools.

is this a recent thing? i don't notice a "save now" tool bar on my daemon tool system?
*edit, guess i might have unchecked it during install or something.

Aye, if only comes with the latest version of DT, 4.X. If you unchecked it during the install, you wont have it.

link

The latest version of DAEMON Tools (4.08) is bundled with SaveNow, a spyware/adware product of WhenU. Although the spyware/adware can be deselected during installation, this is not made clear to the user as it masquerades as "Demon Tools Search Bar". The WhenU web site describes this as a "SearchBar interface and new user enhancements, designed to maximize your online and desktop experiences" which is unclear.

The setup program does not warn this is optional, nor that it is spyware/adware. Users downloading Daemon should exercise caution, and after the installation run an adware scanner such as LavaSoft AdAware. Allegedly if installed unawares the Spyware/Adware can be deleted using the Control Panel.

 

[tyler811]

Gothic 3 will install and mount but keeps asking for the DVD. Any ideas on how to fix this this?


Great find OP thanks It has worked on 4 other of my games

 

[WobbleWobble]

I always thought that Alcohol licensed Daemon-Tool's emulation technology?

 

[WobbleWobble]

Originally posted by: tyler811
Gothic 3 will install and mount but keeps asking for the DVD. Any ideas on how to fix this this?


Great find OP thanks It has worked on 4 other of my games

You probably didn't rip the DVD properly. You need to know the copy protection used and an appropriate ripper (like Alcohol 120%).

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
I always thought that Alcohol licensed Daemon-Tool's emulation technology?

No, both DaemonTools and Alcohol use the SPTD driver from DuplexSecure.

 

[Chriscross3234]

Thank you OP, great deal!! :beer:

Anyone know how to mount NWN2 or BF2?

 

[jagec]

what on earth are you guys doing that you need six virtual drives for?

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: jagec
what on earth are you guys doing that you need six virtual drives for?

I have four games mounted meaing no switching discs and faster start up times. I cannot however get Gothic 3 to start up it on.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Chriscross3234
Thank you OP, great deal!! :beer:

Anyone know how to mount NWN2 or BF2?

MDS file created with Alc 120% mounts up fine

 

[tinkakat]

thanks op in for this

 

[Takan]

I've been a long time user of both Alc 120 and 52. I believe that the *only* difference between the two is the burning ability of 120. So talking about using 120 to rip when 58 won't is imho nonsense. They have the same ripping/emulation abilities. That's why this is so hot.

 

[Twofootputt]

First, thanks OP. Downloaded & running fine.

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Chriscross3234
Thank you OP, great deal!! :beer:

Anyone know how to mount NWN2 or BF2?

MDS file created with Alc 120% mounts up fine

I just this morning mounted the .MDS file for BF2. The game is running fine from my HDD. When Alcohol started making the image, I saw a lot of error messages but let it go on. I was kind of surprized when it did work. It also took a long time for the first 5% or so to go to the image file. I think it is protected with Safedisk 4.

 

[dcdomain]

Agreed... very hot deal, thanks for posting! Time to uninstall my outdated Alcohol 120%.

 

[zephyrprime]

I use virtual clonedrive. Works for me even on a machine with a kernel debugger which is something that daemon tools does not support.

 

[funboy6942]

Thanks OP, I have tried Damen or what ever the other one is for my 6 year old for he keep ruining his disks and it worked on less then half his games, so far this has worked on all the ones it didn't work on. Hes going to be happy when he gets home from school and find his computer loaded with games again
Hated to take some away but if hes going to scratch them up and not take care of them I hate to be throwing money away. This way he gets them back, I dont have to take them away, and he is happy.
I am so glad this is working out.

 

[BigLar]

For what its worth, here's a heads-up.

After installing Alcohol 52% I started having problems with my browser (Firefox 1.x). Some time later, I upgraded FF to 2.0. During installation I got a note that Alcohol 52% toolbar was incompatible with FF 2.0 and it would be disabled.

Since that point, Firefox has worked just fine.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Twofootputt

First, thanks OP. Downloaded & running fine.

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Chriscross3234
Thank you OP, great deal!! :beer:

Anyone know how to mount NWN2 or BF2?

MDS file created with Alc 120% mounts up fine

I just this morning mounted the .MDS file for BF2. The game is running fine from my HDD. When Alcohol started making the image, I saw a lot of error messages but let it go on. I was kind of surprized when it did work. It also took a long time for the first 5% or so to go to the image file. I think it is protected with Safedisk 4.

The errors are a SafeDISC feature. You can grab premade miniimages from gamecopyworld.com

Originally posted by: BigLar
During installation I got a note that Alcohol 52% toolbar was incompatible with FF 2.0 and it would be disabled.

Use Add/Remove programs to get rid of that toolbar crap.

 

[palswim]

Switching from Daemon Tools to Alcohol, since Alcohol has better shell integration (better mounting interface and single icon handler - I don't have to figure out which icon goes for which file). Note: the ImgBurn stuff is optional, I just like it, but remove that stuff from the code if you don't have it.

Here are my new registry scripts:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ImageFile]
@="Image File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ImageFile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ImageFile\Shell\Burn using ImgBurn]
@="&Burn using ImgBurn"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ImageFile\Shell\Burn using ImgBurn\Command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\discs\\ImgBurn\\ImgBurn.exe\" /SOURCE \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ImageFile\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ImageFile\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ImageFile\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\AlcoholShellEx]
@="{32020A01-506E-484D-A2A8-BE3CF17601C3}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ImageFile\ShellEx\IconHandler]
@="{32020A01-506E-484D-A2A8-BE3CF17601C3}"

and

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.iso]
@="ImageFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.img]
@="ImageFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mds]
@="ImageFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.nrg]
@="ImageFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cue]
@="ImageFile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mdf]
@="ImageFile"