SYMATEC CORPORATION - PETER NORTON GROUP 4/3/98
README.TXT for Norton Virtual Drive V2.0 for Windows 95
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Thank you for purchasing Norton Virtual Drive V2.0 for Windows 95. This
Version of Norton Virtual Drive is designed to run only under Windows 95.
This Version is not compatible with Windows NT, Windows 3.x, Windows for
OS/2, or Windows emulators such as SoftWindows.
Please review this document in its entirety before you install Norton
Virtual Drive, as it contains late-breaking information not contained
in the User's Guide and the online help.
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(C)Copyright 1998, Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved.
(C)Copyright 1997-1998, Far Stone Technology Inc. All rights reserved.
From this version, Virtual Drive supports audio-protected CD titles.
***** Special Notes for the protected CD titles: ******
1. Some of the CD titles run on the FIRST CD drive only. You should
change the Virtual Drive letter to the first one, that is, before
the physical CD drive letter.
2. Even with a CD-R recorder, you may still not be able to copy a
protected CD-ROM disc. Virtual Drive supports most of them perfectly.
The only difference is that you may not hear the background music.
(The title runs without any other difference)
(Please refer to the user guide for details.)
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FAQ:
1. Can we use Virtual Drive on a network?
Yes, the personal edition of Virtual Drive supports limited network
features. The NETWORK version supports full functions for corporate
networking and educational networking systems. It provides, "click
and play on clients", full security control for VCD images. Special
monitor program for admin. Auto VCD images update and version
upgrades on clients. Easy clients' configurations...
2. Does Virtual Drive support command interface program?
Yes, with VDRIVE.EXE you can:
(1) Insert a VCD file into Virtual Drive (by drive letter or
ordinary number 1-9).
(2) On a networking environment, the administrator can setup each CD
titles with a VDRIVE command batch file and double-click it from
clients to start the CD-ROM.
3. Does Virtual Drive supports CD-titles with audio tracks?
Yes, Virtual Drive reads data tracks but not audio tracks. You have
all functions and sound, but not the background music(audio) when you
are playing the CD-title on a Virtual Drive.
(The CD-titles will work fine.)
4. After Virtual Drive installed, system can't find the real CD-ROM drive?
The number of drives installed on your system is larger than the
available drive letters. Add next statement to the C:\CONFIG.SYS file
and then reboot your system.
lastdrive=z
5. The setup program failed after I click on "Continue" for the welcome
screen?
You are using old MS-DOS compatible mode driver (16-bit) for CD-ROM
drive. Remove the CD-ROM driver command from CONFIG.SYS file, and then
use the "Add new hardware" from the "Control Panel", let Windows find
the 32-bit driver for your CD-ROM drive. If you still failed to upgrade
to a new 32-bit driver, you may need to contact your hardware dealer
for the Windows 95 driver.
6. My CD-ROM drive letter was changed?
You can assign a specific drive letter to a CD-ROM drive by the following
steps:
(1) Click on "System" in "Control Panel" Window.
(2) Select "Device Manager" in "System" Window.
(3) Click on "CD-ROM" item, then double click the physical CD-ROM drive
(4) Select "Settings", and then set the drive letter.
Note: Please assign drive letters for all of your CD-ROMs, include
physical CD drive and Virtual Drive.
7. Uninstall?
The Virtual Drive uninstallation program will purge all of the files
created by Virtual Drive except the .VCD files. You can "import" them
into Virtual Drive again or delete them by using the "explorer".
8. The CD-ROM application still asks me to insert the CD-ROM into the real
CD-ROM drive?
You had installed the CD-ROM application from the physical drive. Some
CD-ROM application will run from the CD-ROM drive that it was installed.
Please uninstall the CD-ROM application, and then install the CD-ROM
application from the Virtual Drive again.
9. Compression?
Virtual Drive provides with a very good compression for the un-compressed
CD titles(about 50% save). The compression rate will be 10%-30% (save)
for those CD titles with compressed data.
10. Audio CD not supported?
Most CD-ROM drives can't read Audio data into system, except SCSI
and some advanced drives.
11. CDI/Video CD?
We suggest that you play CDI/Video CD on the CD-ROM drive. Most
Video CDs are very large, we do not recommend you to use much hard
drive space for Video CD-ROMs. However, you can copy the VCD, MPG,
or DAT Video files from Video CD-ROM onto you hard drive directly,
and then use Video CD software to open these files and play them
on hard drive.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.