Alcohol 52% 1.9.5.4521

Alcohol 52% is a CD/DVD emulation application, that is, you can play CDs & DVDs without the need for the physical disc. You can mount up to 31 virtual CD/DVD drives and Alcohol 52% will read them at the stunning 200X speed. Supports image files such as: MDS, CCD, CUE, BWT, ISO, CDI, NRG, PDI. With Alcohol 52% you can also create images; option for creating images include: skip reading errors, advanced sector scanning, reading sub-channel data from disk, data position measurement.
Protect your images using CD data-type profiles such as: General protected CD's, Safedisk, Laserlock, StarForce, Securom.

Pluses: It support a wide range of CD/DVDs: Supports normal CD & DVD and CD RAW sub-channel reading methods: RAW reading method enables to emulate all CDs. CD formats supported: CD-DA, CD+G, CD-ROM, CD-XA, Video CD, Photo CD, Mixed Mode, Multi-session CD DVD formats supported: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio Support for all current (ATAPI & SCSI) drives: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW Full support for IEEE-1394 (Firewire) and USB protocols. Multi language pack, StarWind iSCSI service include.

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In conclusion: A must have for all users. Saves the hassle for looking for misplaced or lost disks or spending money for expensive media.

version reviewed: 1.9.6