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I read a few posts hoping for burning emulation for testing standards. Your FAQ lists...
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Will Daemon-Tools emulate a CDRW or DVD-RW?
No, for sure not as this doesn't make any sense. We cannot see any reason why a writing device should be emulated, even for testing purposes to see if a burned image would work. Burn to a RW media if you need to test. The main problem in emulating (apart from it's senselessnes) a burning device is that every writer has different abilities.
"-http://www.daemon-tools.cc/portal/daemonhelp.php?helppage=31#21
I would like to help you understand why I would prefer a virtual writing drive.
I use several different burning programs, most of which are annoying to deal with, if D-Tools supported burning emulation, I could drag and drop at will, and when I was ready, save the .iso, or supported image file *preferably .iso* I could burn the image, or store it for later use.
I would like to be able to backup my files that I need secure, and a virtual dvd burner would allow me to store those files in an inobvious place so hackers might not find them, nor malicious virii tamper with them. Also I could burn them to a cd/dvd should I wish to put them on another computer for uses there as well.
Personally I archive my .exe files, and to lose them once was horrible. If I could archive them on a virtual drive that I only mounted say once a month to backup files, then I wouldn't lose anything to a big mistake.
As for the testing part, that I agree with you, is senseless as the abilities of my out-dated burner cannot compete with today's standards. I couldn't expect you to comprehend the capabilities of testing every available burner. The only practical way of doing such a thing, would be to "borrow" the way CloneCD uses to detect burners, by detecting their available capabalities that are easily accessed. (WISH I KNEW HOW TO CODE)
Anyway, that's one argument towards burning emulation. I hope it was a slightly more informed one as well.
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Will Daemon-Tools emulate a CDRW or DVD-RW?
No, for sure not as this doesn't make any sense. We cannot see any reason why a writing device should be emulated, even for testing purposes to see if a burned image would work. Burn to a RW media if you need to test. The main problem in emulating (apart from it's senselessnes) a burning device is that every writer has different abilities.
"-http://www.daemon-tools.cc/portal/daemonhelp.php?helppage=31#21
I would like to help you understand why I would prefer a virtual writing drive.
I use several different burning programs, most of which are annoying to deal with, if D-Tools supported burning emulation, I could drag and drop at will, and when I was ready, save the .iso, or supported image file *preferably .iso* I could burn the image, or store it for later use.
I would like to be able to backup my files that I need secure, and a virtual dvd burner would allow me to store those files in an inobvious place so hackers might not find them, nor malicious virii tamper with them. Also I could burn them to a cd/dvd should I wish to put them on another computer for uses there as well.
Personally I archive my .exe files, and to lose them once was horrible. If I could archive them on a virtual drive that I only mounted say once a month to backup files, then I wouldn't lose anything to a big mistake.
As for the testing part, that I agree with you, is senseless as the abilities of my out-dated burner cannot compete with today's standards. I couldn't expect you to comprehend the capabilities of testing every available burner. The only practical way of doing such a thing, would be to "borrow" the way CloneCD uses to detect burners, by detecting their available capabalities that are easily accessed. (WISH I KNEW HOW TO CODE)
Anyway, that's one argument towards burning emulation. I hope it was a slightly more informed one as well.
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