Daemon Tools + Alcohol 52% Don't Work

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited December 2003 in Science & Tech
Title says it all.

I install either of the programs, both virtual CD-ROM emulators, and it installs the proprietary "SCSI" device, and it installs the driver for the virtual device.. But it never gives it a drive letter, and it never shows up in windows explorer or the drive management as it should.

Telling the program to force a letter gives no results, the setting doesn't stick.

WinXP SP1, and everything in my sig. Fully updated, newest drivers on everything.

//EDIT:

I've tried with an ASPI layer installed, and not installed on an off-chance. Neither affected the issue.

Comments

  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Um, ASPI is for true SCSI HDs and for SCSI (early) CD-ROMs. Unless it has an IDE layer, IDE drives for HD host will not work well, sorry. Howsoever, if it s SUPPOSED to be IDE compatible software, with that driver set you might try an older computer that uses SCSI boot for anything other than onboard IDE, and a hard drive on a PCI card. Some of the older PCI Adaptecs used to do virtual SCSI to a SCSI BIOS boot decent, mostly those with core card chips used for both types of HDs, but they were older and limited to PCI speeds.

    Problem is, on anything other than SCSI, emulation will stink bad as far as speed if the software is tuned for SCSI. Have not seen anything like you are describing in detail that will work on XP era boxes without SCSI, XP differentiates more than older and slower boxes. The ASPI is lower level, and does a SCSI bus check before trying to create a drive letter. No SCSI bus, no drive letter passed to the GUI.

    Sorry, but I will have to look around some before coming up with a guess at a decent alternative or linkage software set for you, and even then speed is likely to stink very much compared to a reasonably modern CD-ROM drive or burner.

    I think this software is using all the wrong approach for an XP hosted emulation. 98 SE is better host, it understood virtual SCSI better, but stunk as to speed. 1\4 speed was normal on a virtualized IDE drive, to 1\6th speed.

    Situation is kinda like Win4Lin for Linux to host 98 SE, the storage speed stunk so bad the whole 98 SE install bogged by a an effective perfomrance factor of .3-.5 compared to a native 98 SE being one on same hardware except for the drive in tray.

    John.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Ageek had this to say
    Um, ASPI is for true SCSI HDs and for SCSI (early) CD-ROMs. Unless it has an IDE layer, IDE drives for HD host will not work well, sorry. Howsoever, if it s SUPPOSED to be IDE compatible software, with that driver set you might try an older computer that uses SCSI boot for anything other than onboard IDE, and a hard drive on a PCI card. Some of the older PCI Adaptecs used to do virtual SCSI to a SCSI BIOS boot decent, mostly those with core card chips used for both types of HDs, but they were older and limited to PCI speeds.

    Problem is, on anything other than SCSI, emulation will stink bad as far as speed if the software is tuned for SCSI. Have not seen anything like you are describing in detail that will work on XP era boxes without SCSI, XP differentiates more than older and slower boxes. The ASPI is lower level, and does a SCSI bus check before trying to create a drive letter. No SCSI bus, no drive letter passed to the GUI.

    Sorry, but I will have to look around some before coming up with a guess at a decent alternative or linkage software set for you, and even then speed is likely to stink very much compared to a reasonably modern CD-ROM drive or burner.

    I think this software is using all the wrong approach for an XP hosted emulation. 98 SE is better host, it understood virtual SCSI better, but stunk as to speed. 1\4 speed was normal on a virtualized IDE drive, to 1\6th speed.

    Situation is kinda like Win4Lin for Linux to host 98 SE, the storage speed stunk so bad the whole 98 SE install bogged by a an effective perfomrance factor of .3-.5 compared to a native 98 SE being one on same hardware except for the drive in tray.

    John.
    :wtf:

    I had the same problem like a week ago. IIRC the only way I got it fixed was by reinstalling XP (I was gonna do it anyways). What was the problem? I have no idea.
  • NeoFXNeoFX Utah, US of A
    edited December 2003
    Why don't you just use Alcohol 120%??? Works wonderfullly!
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Because I don't need CD burning; just disc emulation.

    I fixed it with a reformat anyways.
Sign In or Register to comment.