Nero ImageDrive User Manual

Nero ImageDrive Manual

Nero AG

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Contents

1 General information 4

1.1 About the manual 4

1.2 About Nero ImageDrive 4

2 Technical information 5

2.1 System requirements 5

2.1.1 Operating systems supported 5

2.2 Minimum requirements 5

2.3 Formats supported 5

3 Launching the program 6

3.1 Launching Nero ImageDrive via Nero StartSmart 6

3.2 Launching Nero ImageDrive directly 6

4 Working with Nero ImageDrive 7

4.1 Program interface 7

4.2 Sample applications 8

5 Enabling Nero ImageDrive 9 6 Enabling drives 10 7 Mounting images 11

7.1 Mounting images with Nero ImageDrive 11

7.2 Mounting images from Microsoft Windows Explorer™ 12

7.3 Mounting images with command line input 13

8 List of figures 14 9 Index 15 10 Contact 16

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General information

1 General information

1.1 About the manual

This manual is intended for all users who want to find out how to use Nero ImageDrive. It is task-based and explains how to achieve a particular objective on a step-by-step basis.

In order to make best use of this manual, please note the following conventions:

Symbol Meaning

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1. Start …

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Chapter

[…] Indicates keyboard shortcuts for entering commands.

followed strictly.

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A number at the beginning of a line indicates a request for action. Carry out these actions in the order specified.

Indicates an intermediate result. Indicates a result. Indicates text passages or buttons that appear in the program

interface. They are shown in bold face. Indicates references to other chapters. They are executed as

links and are shown in red and underlined.

1.2 About Nero ImageDrive

Nero ImageDrive allows you to set up a virtual drive. The virtual drive is visible in Microsoft Windows Explorer™ and can be used just like a real drive. Instead of an actual disc, you mount images in the virtual drive. An image file is a file that contains an image of a complete CD or DVD and can be created in Nero Burning ROM, for example. From the virtual drive, you can open, display, and execute files and programs, depending on the contents of the mounted image. Nero ImageDrive provides fast drive simulation.

Nero ImageDrive can automatically mount images at startup. You can also mount images from Microsoft Windows Explorer™ or by entering a command line.

Nero ImageDrive supports up to two drives simultaneously for CD and DVD disc types and NRG and ISO image formats.

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Technical information

2 Technical information

2.1 System requirements

2.1.1 Operating systems supported

Nero ImageDrive works on the following operating systems:

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 (with at least Service Pack 4 installed)

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Microsoft® Windows® XP (with at least Service Pack 2 installed)

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Microsoft® Windows® Media Center Edition

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Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 (with at least Service Pack 1 installed)

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In addition, Microsoft The latest version of DirectX

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx and installed.

DirectX® 9.0c (or higher) must be installed on your operating system.

can be downloaded from the Internet under

2.2 Minimum requirements

Main memory: 128 MB Hard drive: Up to 9 GB for DVD images

Installation of the latest WHQL-certified drivers is recommended. WHQL stands for Windows Hardware Quality Labs and means that the device driver certified by Microsoft compatible with Microsoft

Windows® and the relevant hardware.

2.3 Formats supported

Nero ImageDrive supports the following formats:

Image file formats Image disc types

 NRG  ISO

 CD  DVD-ROM

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