CaptainRAVE Posted September 10, 2001 Share Posted September 10, 2001 Experienced gamers know the frustration of lag and slowdowns caused by loading information from the typically pokey CD-ROM drive. Luckily, Farstone Technology has come up with a solution. Their Virtual Drive emulates a CD-ROM, allowing gamers to load up to 23 CDs in virtual drives on their hard drive. This gives the equivalent of a 200X CD-ROM, and makes gameplay smoother. The Virtual Drive can be downloaded for $40, and works with all Windows versions above Win 3.1. However, not all CDs are compatible with the software, and a very large hard drive is recommended, as games take up a lot of room. Unfortunatly, my hard disk is very small. So no joy for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_silvergun Posted September 10, 2001 Share Posted September 10, 2001 Hmmm... why pay so much? I just fully install my games and crack them. It's completely legal, so long as you own a proper copy of the game in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornSoul Posted September 10, 2001 Share Posted September 10, 2001 These things have been around as long as CDROMs have been around. And some of them are free (dont ask me to post links). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sherack Nhar Posted September 10, 2001 Share Posted September 10, 2001 I'd have to agree with ed. I hate having to put my CD in the drive in the first place, so I crack the games I bought. I've got a 30 gig hard drive, so no worries on the space side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest digl Posted September 11, 2001 Share Posted September 11, 2001 As Seryl says this is not new at all, Iv seen free programs that do the same No worries with 30 Gigs? How can you do it I have 40 gigs and I have space problems No matter the hard drive I get Its always full, when you just get it its like wow, Ill never get this HD filled up, and in a week you dont have free space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyOneCanoli Posted September 11, 2001 Share Posted September 11, 2001 I've filled up about half of my 60GB hard drive. I honestly don't know how it gets so full. When I bought it, I thought I could never fill it up in years. Oh well. And I crack most of my games. It's nice not having to skip over videos and everything, not to mention the hassle with the CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Krayt Tion Posted September 11, 2001 Share Posted September 11, 2001 Yep, places like GameCopyWorld have been providing me with perfectly legal and hassle-free CD cracks for my games for years. My 40 giger reached its capacity after about a year of carefree downloading and dumping ( if you do not include my constantly rotating DivX collection, movies at ~700 megs a pop). There are many ways HD space gets mysteriously sucked up. A good place to start if you need some space is by deleting your Temporary Internet Files under Internet Options for IE. I cleared out close to Half a Gig worth of these files recently after only about a month's worth of heavy browsing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-- Posted September 11, 2001 Share Posted September 11, 2001 Krayt, If you have a fast(reasonably) connection, this will help. Under IE Tools >> Internet Options >> Advanced >> Security >> Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kurgan Posted September 13, 2001 Share Posted September 13, 2001 Well this is borderline advertising, but I'll let it go this time, just watch it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_XIIII Posted September 13, 2001 Share Posted September 13, 2001 heh its a sinch to fill up a hd, with some games full installs are almost 2gb, myswell add a cdcrack so u dont need a cd for that huge freakin install. Also if a game features videos, usualy copyin em to the hd makes no cdload times atall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Krayt Tion Posted September 21, 2001 Share Posted September 21, 2001 That's a neat trick matt, thanks. Here's one for you, if you really want to delete all your temporary internet files (there are still some hidden even after emptying them through IE): Start Button (Right Click) >> Explore >> Windows >> Temporary Internet Files >> Select All then Delete There might be some cookies mixed in there as well and you might have to select the temp internet files individually if you want to keep some cookies. The main cookies folder is in a different location, however. If you want ever to delete all your cookies (I had thousands before I cleared mine out but they don't take up that much space) follow the same steps and find the Cookies folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Bib Posted September 21, 2001 Share Posted September 21, 2001 I only have 20 gigs and it makes me sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kurgan Posted September 21, 2001 Share Posted September 21, 2001 I hate spyware. ; p I use Adaware, although you can just clear your Temp, Temporary Internet Files (and the sub folders in Content.IExx), and Cookies folders to get rid of most of that crap (be sure you make hidden files visible as well). [ September 21, 2001: Message edited by: Kurgan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonkH8er Posted September 22, 2001 Share Posted September 22, 2001 Originally posted by digl: <STRONG> No worries with 30 Gigs? How can you do it I have 40 gigs and I have space problems No matter the hard drive I get Its always full, when you just get it its like wow, Ill never get this HD filled up, and in a week you dont have free space </STRONG> You must have an awful lot of crap on that drive, coz i manage with a 6.4 and a 1.1, and ive got so much stuff, ive lost track of it all i should be getting my 80 gig soon (i know...... overkill....... but itll do me a while, and i can get a good deal on it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardz Posted September 22, 2001 Share Posted September 22, 2001 Ive only got 6 gigs. This pc isn't that old tho. '99 I think It is a 433 mhz. 64 meg of RAM. Intel celeron. This beast is gonna go soon before I play it. One of my mates is gonna get put through university by IBM. He's gonna make me one mega cheap. wardz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kurgan Posted September 22, 2001 Share Posted September 22, 2001 Having a cd-burner really helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap[RR] Posted September 22, 2001 Share Posted September 22, 2001 Originally posted by Kurgan: [QB]I hate spyware. ; p I use Adaware, although you can just clear your Temp, Temporary Internet Files (and the sub folders in Content.IExx), and Cookies folders to get rid of most of that crap (be sure you make hidden files visible as well). [QB] How would i be able to make hidden files visible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Krayt Tion Posted September 23, 2001 Share Posted September 23, 2001 Well, if you just want the spyware to stop spying on you right now without any programs: Start >> Run >> type in "msconfig" (without quotes) >> select Startup tab >> uncheck anything that you don't need and think might be spyware to disable it from starting up That's it. If you uncheck something your system actually needs (like ScanRegistry or SystemTray, please be careful what you uncheck) you can always go back and recheck it later. You'll notice it also gives you the exact location of all those files in your startup so you know where to delete them. Spyware typically remains on your system even after you thought you'd deleted the entire program- a file remains hidden. But it can't hide from msconfig. You can also stop a whole lot of other crap that you don't need running in the background of your system (that isn't even spyware) from that screen. After knocking off about 7 or 8 things from my startup that were running without my knowledge/permission in the background I increased my System Resources by 12% and cut my boot time in half. Good luck, you'll probably be angry when you see that some popular programs have been spying on you all along, but damn it feels good to send them packin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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