Emulating a CD with a USB drive

[Xishem]

Hey, I have an .iso of Warcraft II, and I had burned a CD with which I installed the game. I gave the CD to a friend, and now I'm wanting to still play the game on my system, but I don't want to burn another CD. I have a program which burns an .iso onto a USB drive, but my system refuses to recognize it as a CD (the game requires one to have a CD to launch it).

So, my question is: Is there any way to make my USB drive emulate itself as a CD-drive to my system? If so, how?

 

[lucasbytegenius]

Why can't you just mount the image? Gizmo works well: www.arainia.com

Ooops, I realized you may have a pirated copy of wow, too late...Dangit:angry:

 

[Concordedly]

No, you would need a optical drive emulation tool which utilizes low-level system drivers that would be impractical to make portable. You would be better off using such software installing it on your hard drive and going about it that way. Stop being such a 'nice guy' and make your friend buy the software. Software companies increase their rates due to free software handed out left and right. Do the right, moral, legal thing, and buy your software.

 

[Vamilvas]

Once WoW's been installed it no longer requires the CD, I think this is the program your looking for.
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads

 

[lucasbytegenius]

I use that sometimes. But Gizmo has a LOT more features.

 

[massahwahl]

Im pretty sure, nah, positive this violates the boards rules. Please review them: http://www.computerforum.com/52038-forum-rules.html