file extension VCD

Virtual CD, the worldwide leading CD emulator

With Virtual CD you can create compressed 1:1 copies (virtual CDs/DVDs) to your hard drive. You can then store your originals safely in a cabinet! Your virtual CDs are then available with a simple click or even automatically with the autostart of the corresponding program.

No more drive noise, no more changing CDs, no more slow CD start-up.
With Virtual CD you receive up to 23 virtual drives that behave just like the "real" physical CD/DVD drives - except that they are up to 200x faster! The only noise you hear is music or the applictions sounds, and all you need to do is play, work and enjoy.

Fast, convenient, effective!
Nobody needs to handle fragile CDs any more in order to run applications. Your children don't need to, nor do your colleagues or you yourself!
Music, games, grafic applications, searching programs, - all will be loaded faster and is immediately accessible. You can simultaneously use a number of different CD programs without needing to purchase a number of CDdrives - this pays off quickly.

Virtual CD offers you more!
· You can use virtual CDs in a network!
· You can burn virtual CDs to a CD-R!
· You can protect your virtual CDs with a password or encryption!
· You can protect your "real" physical CD/DVD drives with a password!

No risks, proven quality!
Millions of private and professional users worldwide enjoy the advantages of Virtual CD since 1998. Each year coveted awardes confirm how easy Virtual CD is to operate - thus it will undoubtedly earn your enthousiasm. Whether game-CDsm route planners, lexicons, reference CDs - with Virtual CD you have everything at hand.

The optimum solution for your private network, too
Do you, or you and your family, have more than one computer at home? If so, then you probably knows what it's like when the one CD you happen to need is the one you can't find. Virtual CD has an easy solution: make images of all your CDs and save them centrally, or on any one of your computers. You can access your images at any time, from any computer in your network.

Range of function (excerpt)
· Availability of up to 23 virtual drives.
· Unlimited number of virtual CDs.
· Editor to create virtual CDs with any content.
· Automatic recognition of title, album, and artist for audio CDs.
· Supports DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, Photo-CD and CD-Text formats.
· Easy-to-use, simplified copy mode for the novice user.
· Virtual CDs can be organized in folders.
· Import of ISO-conforming container files (data exchange with CD-R software).
· Improved data compression.
· Access to virtual CDs, which are within the network.
· Supports up to 99 audio tracks per virtual CD.
· Editing of existing virtual CDs with the Virtual CD Editor.
· Drive editor enables easy changes of the number of virtual drives.
· Virtual CDs are password-protected from unauthorized access.

Here are some key features of "Virtual CD":

· Certified 64-bit driver
· Virtual CD/DVD-burner
· Virtual encrypted hard-drive
· Expanded function access over the tray icon
· Insertion of virtual CDs also in physical drives
· Improved support of non-standard CD/DVD formats
· Noise reducer for physical CD/DVD-drives
· Enhanced toolbox
· Improved API- and script functions
· Flexible layout of the CD-management incl. layout browser

PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD-ROM image files including ISO and BIN.

Main Features:

• Support almost all CD/DVD-ROM image file formats (ISO, BIN, NRG, CDI, DAA and so on).
  Note: DAA (Direct-Access-Archive) is an advanced format for image file, which supports some advanced features, such as compression, password protection, and splitting to multiple volumes. It can be handled directly just like other formats, such as ISO, BIN, ...
• Open and extract ISO File.
• Create ISO file from hard disk files or CD/DVD-ROM.
• Edit an existing ISO file directly.
• Convert image files between ISO/BIN and other formats. PowerISO can convert almost all image file formats to standard ISO format file.
• Make bootable ISO file, get boot information from bootable ISO file.
• Make floppy disk image file.
• Optimize files to save disk space while saving ISO file.
• Mount ISO file with internal virtual drive. You don't need install any other virtual drive software.
• Can be used easily. PowerISO supports shell integration, context menu, drag and drop, clipboard copy paste...