4.2 Building VCDs from Other Selected Files

Create a VCD from files on your hard drive by any of the following methods.  

1. Click on the Customize button on the toolbar 

2. Select File from the menu bar and choose Customized.

3. Right click the VirtualDrive icon in the System tray and selecting Customized  from the popup menu.

4. Open Windows Explore, right click on the selected files or folders and select Build VCD File from the popup menu (Figure 4-2).

             (Figure 4-2)

Then follow the steps as described below.

Step 1 Add the files/folders you want included in the new VCD.

There are three ways in which files can be added to the VCD.  

   Method 1 Drag selected files (folders) from top frame and drop them into bottom frame of the Customize window

   Method 2 Copy selected files (folders) and them into the bottom frame of the Customize window.

Method 3 Click File from the menu bar and choose Add to include the selected files.

By this way, files or folders may be added to the VCD you will build

VirtualDriveä supports VCD files up to 18 Giga-bytes in size.

*Please note that VCD files created using this method are subject to the ISO9660 standard. See Appendix-Notes for details.

The current attributes of the new VCD (Figure 4-2b) can previewed by right-clicking the CD icon in bottom-left frame and select Properties from the drop menu.

                                                                                Figure 4-2b  

Step 2  Designate a location to save virtual CD.

Once you have finished adding files, click the Build button.  

You will be prompted to give the new virtual CD file a name. Enter the name and click Save to open the VCD Build window (Figure 4-2c).

                                                         Figure 4-2c

Step 3 Select the CD Read method and whether to use data compression if desired.

The default read method is 'Normal' and is successful for most CD formats. However, because some CDs contain inaccurate volume information, use the 'Intelligent extraction' if a VCD has been successfully built but does not run as expected. Using Data Compression will save hard disk space but will also require a longer VCD build time.

                                                                     Figure 4-2d

Step 4 Enter a Description of the new VCD in the Description box (Figure 4-1b)  

                                                                  Figure 4-2e

Step 5 (optional) If the CD does not have an Auto-Run then you can specify a program to run when the VCD is inserted. You can use the Browse button to locate the executable program.

Step 6 (optional) Choose whether or not to eject the CD from the CD drive once the Build is complete by checking the ‘Eject the VCD on completion of the Build process’ box (Figure .4-1b above). Click on Next to continue.  

Step 7 Virtual Drive will then display the attributes of the VCD about to be created. Click on Next to begin the building.

                                                               Figure 4-2f

Step 8 When the VCD has been successfully built, click on OK to exit the Build popup then click on Finish to close the VCD Build window (Figure 4-2g).  

                              Figure 4-2g