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I have purchased an embroidery machine (used) from a gentleman and he installed the software necessary to use the machine on my laptop. he didn't leave me any cds. he sells lots of used machines, and I guess he usually just installs the software from a master set that he has.
he used a virtual cd program of some kind (never heard of 'virtual cds' before this) to put the program info on the hard drive because when you install the program and then click the icon to run it, it says the program cd must be in the cdrom drive ...works great on my laptop, I don't get the message, but I tried to copy and install it to my desktop and ran into trouble.
I would like to copy the program to my desktop computer so that I can use my desktop when home instead of having to power up the laptop. I thought this would work...
I copied the all the files in the 'new' drive on my laptop (from win explorer) to a thumb drive and carried it to my desktop - then used the thumb to install the program. Then I burned a basic data cd, using roxio cd creator, from the info on the thumb drive and tried to use the cd created to run the program...doesn't work. the cd just starts the installation screen every time I put it in the cd drive on my desktop and even after I cancel/close the installation and then try to open the program, it's still asking for the program cd. did I copy the wrong thing to the disk? there's program info on the laptop under c://programs but it's the same stuff that's already on the desktop under c;//programs from installing it, so I figured what was contained in the 'new' d:// drive that looks like a cd is already loaded in it (has name of the software maker is out beside D:// on explorer tree) must be what the desktop needed to run the program...
I didn't see everything he was doing as he installed this stuff. I am not sure what info I need to make a cd that will run the program intalled on the desktop but figure all the info has to be on the laptop somewhere because the program works on the laptop. Is there any way to work around this problem without having to ask him to redo everything for my desktop pc? - and the problem there is that he said the virtual cd program (not sure which one he used) on a disk he had isn't compatible with WIN XP - so, if I download Daemon-Tools, would this work on my WIN XP desktop in place of the virtual cd program he used for my WIN 98SE laptop?
I don't understand why the cd I burned that contains the files he placed in the new "D" drive on my laptop doesn't work the program. If I download Daemon-Tools and install it, can I copy/paste the info on the thumb drive to Daemon-Tools and get the program to work? If the cd he has with the program on it is copy-protected, is this why trying to copy/paste isn't working? If the hangup is copy protected software, is there a program that would allow him to make a copy of the software cd/cds that he has so that I would be able to have an actual CD that I could just place in the drive when it asks for it? this might be so much easier for me to understand.
sorry this is so long but I'm having a hard time understanding how all of this virtual drive/virtual cd stuff works. i'd never heard of it before he installed it on the laptop so that the software would run.
thanks for any info anyone can provide. I would love to understand how this stuff works, and where I went wrong.
he used a virtual cd program of some kind (never heard of 'virtual cds' before this) to put the program info on the hard drive because when you install the program and then click the icon to run it, it says the program cd must be in the cdrom drive ...works great on my laptop, I don't get the message, but I tried to copy and install it to my desktop and ran into trouble.
I would like to copy the program to my desktop computer so that I can use my desktop when home instead of having to power up the laptop. I thought this would work...
I copied the all the files in the 'new' drive on my laptop (from win explorer) to a thumb drive and carried it to my desktop - then used the thumb to install the program. Then I burned a basic data cd, using roxio cd creator, from the info on the thumb drive and tried to use the cd created to run the program...doesn't work. the cd just starts the installation screen every time I put it in the cd drive on my desktop and even after I cancel/close the installation and then try to open the program, it's still asking for the program cd. did I copy the wrong thing to the disk? there's program info on the laptop under c://programs but it's the same stuff that's already on the desktop under c;//programs from installing it, so I figured what was contained in the 'new' d:// drive that looks like a cd is already loaded in it (has name of the software maker is out beside D:// on explorer tree) must be what the desktop needed to run the program...
I didn't see everything he was doing as he installed this stuff. I am not sure what info I need to make a cd that will run the program intalled on the desktop but figure all the info has to be on the laptop somewhere because the program works on the laptop. Is there any way to work around this problem without having to ask him to redo everything for my desktop pc? - and the problem there is that he said the virtual cd program (not sure which one he used) on a disk he had isn't compatible with WIN XP - so, if I download Daemon-Tools, would this work on my WIN XP desktop in place of the virtual cd program he used for my WIN 98SE laptop?
I don't understand why the cd I burned that contains the files he placed in the new "D" drive on my laptop doesn't work the program. If I download Daemon-Tools and install it, can I copy/paste the info on the thumb drive to Daemon-Tools and get the program to work? If the cd he has with the program on it is copy-protected, is this why trying to copy/paste isn't working? If the hangup is copy protected software, is there a program that would allow him to make a copy of the software cd/cds that he has so that I would be able to have an actual CD that I could just place in the drive when it asks for it? this might be so much easier for me to understand.
sorry this is so long but I'm having a hard time understanding how all of this virtual drive/virtual cd stuff works. i'd never heard of it before he installed it on the laptop so that the software would run.
thanks for any info anyone can provide. I would love to understand how this stuff works, and where I went wrong.
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