Is there a free program to emulate a DVD writer?

Question

I have a Sony P-Series netbook (VGN-P11Z) with no optical drive. It has an option to burn recovery DVDs with an external DVD drive.

I don't have an external DVD drive but would like these DVDs just in case (if I need to use them I'll have to buy/borrow an external DVD drive).

Is there a free alternative to Phantom Burner?

Or, is there another way I can create/download the recovery ISOs?

James · Answer 1 · 2010-09-02 14:47:59Z

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The only free product I could find was TotalMounter but I hear it is buggy. Could be worth a go though.

There is also a commercial product called Virtual CD which has a demo and this could be enough if you are not planning on using it again.

answered Sep 2 '10 at 14:47

James
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	why I won't try TotalMounter: "Additionally, KernSafe TotalMounter has also provide virtual write technology into iSCSI Initiator and INetDisk Client, so that you can copy files into a read-only drive and do not affect the other peoples." <- What??? – Ryan Sep 2 '10 at 18:06
	To be honest I wouldn't recommend TotalMounter at all, it's just that it is the only free program I could find that claims to emulate a DVD writer. Personally I think that the demo of Virtual CD would be a better option. And at €29.95 it's not even that expensive to buy. – James Sep 3 '10 at 9:08
	I could never get TotalMounter to work at all. It's the only free virtual burner I've seen, but it's never worked for me. – afrazier Feb 25 '11 at 1:43

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CHarmon · Answer 2 · 2010-09-02 17:00:00Z

You might take a look at this one. I haven't used it but it's free and users give it 4.5 / 5 stars.

Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.4.0

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