We have covered virtual dvd drive software programs in the past. Software like Clone Drive, Win CD Emu or Iso Disk allow a user to create virtual DVD drives on a computer system that can mount disk image formats. Most programs that were covered in the past were restricted to a few popular disk image [...]
Add Names To DVD Drives
If you have got multiple DVD drives installed on your computer system or are making use of virtual DVD drives you might have noticed that they do not come with proper names. On my system my Samsung DVD drive is simply called drive E while my first virtual drive is drive F. That leads to [...]
Ask The Readers: Lock A DVD Drive In Windows Explorer
Windows will try to access the contents of a DVD that is in a DVD drive whenever the user is accessing Windows Explorer. This can become pretty annoying as the DVD drive is starting to spin up making some loud noises in the process.
The question now is if there is a way to lock [...]
Lock Optical Drives
If you ever had a kid running around in a room with a computer you most likely must have noticed that the little brats seem to be fascinated by the computer lights, buttons, keyboard or mouse. They cannot stop pressing their little fingers everywhere which can lead to some undesired results like powering down a [...]
Virtual CD Drive Software
Since my previous favorite software to mount images on my computer Daemon Tools Lite has been banned in my country I had to check a few application to find another one that would do the job. One candidate was Virtual CloneDrive (via Elite Freeware) from SlySloft, the makers of AnyDVD which is also banned in [...]
Nero Disc Speed
Nero Disc Speed is a software created by the developers of Nero that can benchmark CD and DVD drives and check media quality. Benchmarking tools in general are not used that often but they can reveal some interesting information about a hardware component or the system in general. Nero Disc Speed is no exception from [...]
