Virtual disk

Among modern youth, especially the part of it that is an avid computer game enthusiast, it is difficult to find at least one person who does not know what a virtual disk is. But also those of PC users who have never played games in their lives, also sometimes have to use this useful technology. Here for such "teapots" who did not know until now what a virtual disk is, but for some reason they decided to find out, and this material was written.

Before we proceed directly to the description of the topic, it is necessary to clarify one question. Roughly speaking, the phrase "virtual disk" can have two meanings. In one case, it really is a disk that looks like a real disk in the system, but in reality it is a software implementation based on existing "real disks," and in the other, it may mean a virtual device for disk images.

First, I'll focus your attention on programs that allow you to create a virtual drive, and tell you why they are needed and how to work with them. Modern games are increasingly distributed through the Internet in the form of images of disks recorded in the .iso format, especially this format was fond of pirates, who practically do not miss any promising release and hack it immediately on the day of the start of sales.

After downloading the game, you just get a file on the computer, which, of course, needs to be installed, but here's how to do it? In order to take advantage of the received image, you will need to first put on your PC a program that can work correctly with images. The most popular product with the most advanced emulation capabilities is called Daemon Tools. The main advantages of this product, of course - it's free, the ability to download and use a virtual disk, the image of which was removed from the protected products Laserlock, BACKUPcopies or Securom discs. In a word - it is unequivocal, as the English say "mast hev", that is, a mandatory program for downloading.

If, for some reason, you do not like Daemon Tuls, alternatively you can use Alcohol 120%. This is a paid analogue with a trial system for review. After 30 days you will either have to pay for further use, or refuse it. The only significant difference between these two products is that if you have the first one, you will not be able to create a virtual disk (or image) of the game if necessary, but with the second you will have the opportunity. And at these two competing products different systems of work with protection from third-party manufacturers that can be expressed in unwillingness of any images of programs to work with this or that system of emulation. That's why the creators of torrents, in which content is distributed for virtual drives, usually indicate for which emulator a specific image was created, for Demon Tuls or Alcohol120%.

Well, now it's time to move from virtual drives to virtual disks. What is it and how can it be useful to us? Usually a virtual disk is used by those who need to install another system on the computer in a way called the "virtual machine" mode. In this mode, after downloading one OS, you will be able to directly download another OS in it, for example, under Windows 7 download Windows XP. True, you can not use such "tricks" without special programs, like the well-known Oracle VM VirtualBox.

But we'll talk about this software some other time, too complex and extensive this topic to fit in such a small article. Although, of course, no one forbids you to contact the search engines. Information on this topic in the network - a huge amount.