[zeke]

I have M$ Streets and Trips (5 cd's) and in order to use it you have to have the last cd in the cdrom. I use this software often and I don't like having the cd in the cdrom all the time. How do I eliminate/redirect this? I have the contents of the cd copied to the hard drive.

Thanks,

Z

[Leareth]

=looks down= I would go with that. I don't have personal experience with this program, and experience is always best neh?

besides.. my previous suggestion was only a halfway good idea, if that.

[bizziebill]

I use the same program, it gave me the option when I installed it if I wanted a full or run from the CD. Try install it again.

[zeke]

When I installed it I didn't get that option, otherwise I would have chosen that one and eliminated using the cd.

[Leareth]

Is this a Dell computer?

[JohnWill]

You can probably use a CD emulator that looks to Windows like a CD drive. You copy the CD to the emulated drive.

[Bob Cerelli]

I'm not sure what version but in previous ones you were able to edit the registry entry for that program for where it is looking for the source files. I just changed it to a local directory. Then copied all the CD's to that directory.

[shawnmcw]

if all else fails you can use something like ultraiso or isobuster to make an image of the disk and then use daemon tools to mount that image. that way as far as windows knows you have the disk in a drive and it should work

what version of ms streets and trips do you have though because i have the 2k5 version and i had the option to have a full install so i don't need to have the disk in the drive???

[Guyzer]

Is it against TSG's policy to discuss " no cd cracks" ? Lets see what a mod tells us.

[EAFiedler]

Hi Wimpy369
My answer to your question:
As long as the user is not bypassing the rules of the EULA.
My take is if the CD has been legally purchased by the user, they can copy the entire contents of the CD to the hard drive and point windows to that copy instead of the CD-rom.

If anyone else has something different to add, feel free.

I have used Virtual CD myself to mount an image of an operating system to install in Virtual PC. Pretty cool!

[Guyzer]

I've removed your post.

I don't think you are comparing apples with apples here.

Every game I have seen, you need the cdrom in the drive. Software, you can copy to the hard drive and run it from there.


EDITED BY ACACANDY:

I'm going to edit this as I got to it so fast it appears that you posted this instead of me editing it.

[~Candy~]

Originally Posted by Wimpy369

I've removed your post.

I don't think you are comparing apples with apples here.

Every game I have seen, you need the cdrom in the drive. Software, you can copy to the hard drive and run it from there.

And to go one step further, I haven't installed that program in awhile, but post number 3 sounds like it's possible to copy the whole content to the hard drive.

[Guyzer]

Originally Posted by Wimpy369

I've removed your post.

I don't think you are comparing apples with apples here.

Every game I have seen, you need the cdrom in the drive. Software, you can copy to the hard drive and run it from there.


EDITED BY ACACANDY:

I'm going to edit this as I got to it so fast it appears that you posted this instead of me editing it.

I would have rather you removed the entire post than edit it. I fail to understand why a mention and link to a no-cd rom crack is opposed. Software isn't being copied, sold, traded, bartered bla bla bla... ( you don't need to answer this as it's just a vent)

[~Candy~]

With all the other problems on the site at the moments, folks will have thought we lost posts. In any event, from MS website:

1 GB of available hard-disk space for standard installation (500 MB for minimum installation); some users may require up to an extra 100 MB for System Files Update (hard disk usage will vary depending on configuration)

http://www.microsoft.com/streets/sys...s.aspx?pid=002

Depending on whether you want the whole program copied to your hard disk, the disk space requirements are different

[gurutech]

What I do (because I have 3 kids with small sticky fingers and a desire to throw CD's like frisbees) is burn an ISO file from all of my CD's onto my HD, and then put the CD's away in storage (hidden from the kids), and then I use Daemon Tools to mount a virtual CD drive and install the program from there. That way when a program asks for a CD, I just mount the ISO file.

Now if I could only do the same thing with DVD's... I was able to burn one to an ISO file, and mounted it with Daemon Tools, but the movie cut out after about 30 seconds. Not sure if it was a bad ISO, or anything with encryption.

Any ideas?