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First Steps
To work with the Virtual CD program, you need to begin by creating a virtual CD. Then you will insert
this new virtual CD into a virtual CD drive.
"All roads lead to Rome..."
There are a number of ways to start Virtual CD, which means you can customise your use according
to your personal preferences. When you want to create or insert a virtual CD, you can begin by run-
ning either the Start Wizard or the Management program, by clicking on the quick-start icon in the
system tray, or by selecting a VCD program from a context-sensitive menu in Explorer.
The examples given here use only one method each time a particular function is described. See the
on-line Help for detailed descriptions of the other choices.
Creating a Virtual CD
Insert the original CD from which you want to create a virtual image into your CD drive. Make sure
the CD is not scratched or dirty.
Wait a few seconds for Windows to detect the CD.
Note: Make sure the CD is not accessed by any other program while you are making the virtual
CD. Close the programs – such as the Windows CD Player – in your Autostart group.
(The first time you start Virtual CD, by clicking on its icon on your desktop, a Wizard starts that
offers to help you create a virtual CD. See below for details about selecting a source CD.)
Double-click on the "My Computer" symbol on your desktop to view a list of
the available drives.
Right-click on the physical CD drive that contains your source CD :
This opens a context-sensitive menu, to which Virtual CD has added the command Create a virtual
CD. Select this option to start the Image Wizard, which guides you step by step through the creation
of a virtual CD. Click on Next to select the source CD:
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