Are there some CDs that you use often? If so, you should consider copying them to your hard disk for faster access. This is also useful for servers since that means not going to the server room every time you have to insert a CD. However, there are some CDs which only work properly, if they are in a CD drive. The trick is to create an image of the CD and use CD drive virtualization software to mount the CDs to a drive letter. This post introduces some free CD virtualization tools.

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