Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.5.0

Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.5.0: 2011 3 6
- New: Improved DVD/HD-DVD/BD emulation
- New: Added help menu to notification icon
- New: Notification icon can be changed by the user
- New: Support for harddisks with very large physical sectors (> 2048 bytes)
- Some minor changes and improvements
- Updated languages


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.4.3: 2011 1 15
- New: Improved DVD/HD-DVD/BD emulation
- New: Added help menu to notification icon
- New: Notification icon can be changed by the user
- New: Support for harddisks with very large physical sectors (> 2048 bytes)
- Some minor changes and improvements
- Updated languages


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.4.0: 2009 12 14
- New: Added version info to tray icon
- New: Added option, where VCD can be instructed to unmount an image file when the virtual tray is opened (e.g., eject from Windows explorer).
- Change: Default file associations
- Fix: Optical drives could disappear after uninstall
- Updated languages
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.3.5: 2009 08 08
- New: Added version info to tray icon
- New: Added option, where VCD can be instructed to unmount an image file when the virtual tray is opened (e.g., eject from Windows explorer).
- Change: Default file associations
- Fix: Optical drives could disappear after uninstall
- Updated languages
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.3.4: 2009 07 14
- New: Added version info to tray icon
- Change: Default file associations
- Fix: Optical drives could disappear after uninstall
- Updated languages
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.3.3: 2009 06 16
- New: Added version info to tray icon
- Change: Default file associations
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.3.2: 2009 05 26
- New: Added tray icon
- New: Added shell extension for images
- New: Improved shell extension for drives
- New: Added HD-DVD emulation (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added option to purge history of recently mounted images
- New: Added /p command switch to VCDMount.exe to purge history
- Fix: Mounting failed, if .dvd or .ccd file names contained unicode characters
- Fix: Virtual Sheep on Windows XP64
- Fix: Problems mounting files with some language settings
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.3.1: 2009 05 23
- New: Added tray icon
- New: Added shell extension for images
- New: Improved shell extension for drives
- New: Added HD-DVD emulation (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added option to purge history of recently mounted images
- New: Added /p command switch to VCDMount.exe to purge history
- Fix: Mounting failed, if .dvd or .ccd file names contained unicode characters
- Fix: Virtual Sheep on Windows XP64
- Fix: Problems mounting files with some language settings
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.3.0: 2009 05 20
- New: Added tray icon
- New: Added shell extension for images
- New: Improved shell extension for drives
- New: Added HD-DVD emulation (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added option to purge history of recently mounted images
- New: Added /p command switch to VCDMount.exe to purge history
- Fix: Mounting failed, if .dvd or .ccd file names contained unicode characters
- Fix: Virtual Sheep on Windows XP64
- Fix: Problems mounting files with some language settings
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.2.9: 2009 05 18
- New: Added tray icon
- New: Added HD-DVD emulation (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added option to purge history of recently mounted images
- New: Added /p command switch to VCDMount.exe to purge history
- Fix: Mounting failed, if .dvd or .ccd file names contained unicode characters
- Fix: Virtual Sheep on Windows XP64
- Fix: Problems mounting files with some language settings
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.2.8: 2009 04 08
- New: Added HD-DVD emulation (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added option to purge history of recently mounted images
- New: Added /p command switch to VCDMount.exe to purge history
- Fix: Mounting failed, if .dvd or .ccd file names contained unicode characters
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.2.5: 2009 03 10
- New: Added option to keep history of last mounted files
- New: Added support for unicode filenames (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added support for UTF8 image names in .dvd files (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Sets media type (DVD, BDR) by parsing the image, if no .dvd file is used or the .dvd file doesn't contain a media type
- New: Added /b command switch to VCDMount.exe to browse for image
- New: Added /h command switch to VCDMount.exe to clear history
- New: Added support for Windows 7 (beta)
- New: Added support for Windows XP 64bit and Windows Server 2003 64bit
- New: Added daemon.exe tool so 3rd party applications written for Daemon Tools can be used
- New: Added "Virtual Sheep" for 64bit OS
- Change: "Buffered I/O" setting in VCDPrefs is now in effect for files mounted over the network (default is off)
- Fix (Windows 2000/XP/Vista): Some reliability fixes
- Fix: VCDPrefs could hang when clicking "OK"
- Updated languages
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.2.3: 2009 01 29
- New: Added option to keep history of last mounted files
- New: Added support for unicode filenames (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added support for UTF8 image names in .dvd files (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Sets media type (DVD, BDR) by parsing the image, if no .dvd
file is used or the .dvd file doesn't contain a media type
- New: Added /b command switch to VCDMount.exe to browse for image
- New: Added /h command switch to VCDMount.exe to clear history
- New: Added support for Windows 7 (beta)
- New: Added daemon.exe tool so 3rd party applications written for
Daemon Tools can be used
- New: Added "Virtual Sheep" for 64bit OS
- Change: "Buffered I/O" setting in VCDPrefs is now in effect
for files mounted over the network (default is off)
- Fix (Windows 2000/XP/Vista): Some reliability fixes
- Fix: VCDPrefs could hang when clicking "OK"
- Updated languages
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.2.2: 2009 01 26
- New: Added option to keep history of last mounted files
- New: Added support for unicode filenames (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added support for UTF8 image names in .dvd files (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Sets media type (DVD, BDR) by parsing the image, if no .dvd
file is used or the .dvd file doesn't contain a media type
- New: Added /b command switch to VCDMount.exe to browse for image
- New: Added /h command switch to VCDMount.exe to clear history
- New: Added support for Windows 7 (beta)
- New: Added daemon.exe tool so 3rd party applications written for
Daemon Tools can be used
- Fix (Windows 2000/XP/Vista): Some reliability fixes
- Fix: VCDPrefs could hang when clicking "OK"
- Updated languages
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.2.1: 2009 01 15
- New: Added option to keep history of last mounted files
- New: Added support for unicode filenames (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added support for UTF8 image names in .dvd files (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Sets media type (DVD, BDR) by parsing the image, if no .dvd
file is used or the .dvd file doesn't contain a media type
- New: Added /b command switch to VCDMount.exe to browse for image
- New: Added /h command switch to VCDMount.exe to clear history
- Fix (Windows 2000/XP/Vista): Some reliability fixes
- Fix: VCDPrefs could hang when clicking "OK"
- Updated languages
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.2.0: 2009 01 13
- New: Added option to keep history of last mounted files
- New: Added support for unicode filenames (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added support for UTF8 image names in .dvd files (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Sets media type (DVD, BDR) by parsing the image, if no .dvd
file is used or the .dvd file doesn't contain a media type
- New: Added /b command switch to VCDMount.exe to browse for image
- New: Added /h command switch to VCDMount.exe to clear history
- Fix (Windows 2000/XP/Vista): Some reliability fixes
- Fix: VCDPrefs could hang when clicking "OK"
- Updated languages
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.1.4: 2009 01 05
- New: Added option to keep history of last mounted files
- New: Added support for unicode filenames (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added support for UTF8 image names in .dvd files (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Sets media type (DVD, BDR) by parsing the image, if no .dvd
file is used or the .dvd file doesn't contain a media type
- New: Added /b command switch to VCDMount.exe to browse for image
- New: Added /h command switch to VCDMount.exe to clear history
- Fix: VCDPrefs could hang when clicking "OK"
- Updated languages
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.1.3: 2008 11 21
- New: Added option to keep history of last mounted files
- New: Added support for unicode filenames (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Added support for UTF8 image names in .dvd files (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
- New: Sets media type (DVD, BDR) by parsing the image, if no .dvd
file is used or the .dvd file doesn't contain a media type
- New: Added /b command switch to VCDMount.exe to browse for image
- New: Added /h command switch to VCDMount.exe to clear history
- Updated languages
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.1.1: 2008 10 17
- New: Added emulation of BD, BDR and BDRE media
- New: Maximum number of units increased to 15
- New: Improved history of last mounted image files
- New: Added option to clear history of last mounted image files
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.1.0: 2008 10 13
- New: Added emulation of BD, BDR and BDRE media
- New: Maximum number of units increased to 15
- New: Improved history of last mounted image files
- New: Added option to clear history of last mounted image files
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.0.8: 2008 09 04
- New: Added emulation of BD, BDR and BDRE media
- Some minor changes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.0.6: 2008 07 31
- New: Added support for 64-bit OS, e.g. Windows Vista 64
- Many internal changes and improvements, new driver
- Updated languages


Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.0.4: 2008 07 14
- New: Added support for Windows Vista 64
- Many internal changes and improvements
- Updated languages


Virtual CloneDrive 5.3.1.2: 2008 06 12
- New: Added option to use buffered I/O
- Fix: Data integrity problem under Windows Vista


Virtual CloneDrive 5.3.0.1: 2008 04 10
- New: Supports playback of HD-DVD & Blu-ray images in PowerDVD.
- New: Increased performance if image files are accessed over the network.
- New: Better support for Windows Vista (32-bit only)


Virtual CloneDrive 5.2.0.2: 2007 10 28
- New: Support for Windows Vista (32-bit only)


Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.4.5: 2006 05 24
- Change: ElbyCDIO updated again to increase compatibility with broken SCSI or IDE drivers (INTEL Application Acceleration driver 1.x, CeQuadrat Virtual CDROM, ...)


Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.4.4: 2006 02 29
- New: Installer will only ask for reboot, if a reboot is really necessary.
- New: Installer removes old ElbyCDIO.dll versions from CloneCD 3/4 installations to avoid a conflict.
- Updated ElbyCDIO access layer.


Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.4.3: 2006 02 23
- New: Updated ElbyCDIO access layer.


Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.4.2: 2006 02 22
- New: Mounted files which no longer exist will be deleted from the history.
- New: Updated ElbyCDIO access layer.
- Fix: VCDMount was not updated in the last release.
- Fix: Layer Break position was not correct.
- Fix: DVD images were sometimes treated as CD images.
- Some minor changes and improvements
- Updated languages


Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.3.1: 2006 02 14
- New: Added "Read physical DVD Structure" command.
- New: Added usage of Layer Break position from CloneCD images.
- New: Added /u command line option to VCDMount.exe to unmount an image.
- New: Added /d command line option to specify the unit (e.g. VCDMount /d=1 <filename>)
- New: The drive letter settings for the virtual drives will be preserved from a previous installation.
- Some minor fixes and improvements


Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.1.1: 2005 04 21
- Fix: Many stability problems in ElbyCDIO


Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.0.1: 2005 04 17
- New: Refuses to install on 64 bit Windows.
- Change: ElbyCDIO rewritten from scratch to have unified drivers for 32 and 64 bit Windows.
- Some minor changes and improvements
- Updated languages


Virtual CloneDrive 5.0.1.3:
- Fixed some blacklisting issues.
- Better support for CloneCD5 .dvd files
- Accepts .dvd images created with SonicRomFormatter.
- Added support for .iso images with .dvd extension.
- Some minor fixes and improvements
- Updated languages

Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files generated with CloneDVD or CloneCD can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting them into a normal CD/DVD drive.

Probably the best virtual drive software, Virtual CloneDrive allows you to enjoy the freedom of a virtual drive and is completely free.
Features

* Supports all common image formats such as ISO, BIN, CCD
* Supports up to 8 virtual drives at the same time
* Easy to use - just double-click an image file to mount as a drive
* Virtual CloneDrive is freeware, you may use it at no cost.

System Requirements

* An IBM-compatible personal computer with a minimum 500 MHz Pentium-class microprocessor (1 GHz recommended) and 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
* Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP/XP64/VISTA/VISTA64
* If you use Windows 2000 or Windows XP you must be an administrator to install Virtual CloneDrive