How do you convert clone image files back to program files

[hackmole]

What is the point of cloning software like CloneCD. And now that I've cloned a program from my CD to the hard drive and got four strange files that end in .ccd, .cue, .img and .sub, how do I convert these files back into the program files.

 

[kyu614]

you can use a program like Daemon-Tools or Alcohol to mount those images on a virtual drive so it seems like the CD itself is there. Its good when you want to play a game but you dont want to leave the CD in your drive.

Or you can use Winiso to explore the image files, almost like its a zip file.

 

[hackmole]

Thanks, I'll give it a try and see if it will all make more sense to me like why does something need
to look like a CD anyway. I thought it was the program that makes the difference not if the program
is in a format that looks like a CD. But maybe if I mess with it, I'll see the light.

 

[billandopus]

Originally posted by: hackmole
What is the point of cloning software like CloneCD. And now that I've cloned a program from my CD to the hard drive and got four strange files that end in .ccd, .cue, .img and .sub, how do I convert these files back into the program files.

I was doing another search but came into this thread ... so bump from the dead.

In any case, with the .sub and .ccd etc files that CloneCd makes you can do a bunch of things which are very handy. Essentially you are making a virtual copy of your disc/software/game/whatever.

- As the above poster mentioned you can use Alcohol 120%, the newer versions of CloneCd (CloneDrive) or Daemon Tools to create virtual ROM drives. You tell the program to point to your folder where you have your image residing and it will "mount" it as if the cd was physically in a drive itself. Many of these programs also incorporate security protection emulation (like Safedisc, Securom etc) in the program itself.

The beauty is really for gamers so your comp thinks that you actually have the physical disk in a physical drive so no disk swapping and you can keep your original safely tucked away from abuse/wear and tear. Especially if you have kids around. Plus, reading and disk access should be faster. I have 12-13 virtual drives going on at once (f, g, h, i ...) with many kids games loaded virtually. Because many of these games like Tonka Search and Rescue, Barney etc require the disk physically in the drive - my kids can play all the games without having to slap in cds in the drive. Last thing I want is to have my 3.5 year old fooling around with cds and pressing buttons. Very, very useful.

- If you run an OS like 98se you can keep a virtual image on your HDD and whenever you need to grab a file or data from 98se you can just point to browse that particular drive that it's loaded onto ... not really realistic but you get the point.

- as for your original question, CloneCd will give you an option in the main options to "write from image file". Same with other progs like Alcohol 120%. You can then tell the prog to get that image you want and burn it to cdr/w/dvdr/w whenever you want. That's how you convert your image back to a program.

All things considered CloneCd was great in it's day but last time I checked it's unsupported now. Olli who created CloneCd has sold it IIRC and he's now doing some DVDClone program. The program I really like at the moment is Alcohol 120%. Wonderful program and worth the money for sure. Daemon Tools is free which is nice but they only support up to 4 virtual drives and last time I checked you couldn't make or write images with it. Mainly for game support as it has lots of protection emulation built in.

Hope this helps.