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vbnmu 19-10-2006 22:49

Power Iso v/s Alcohol 120%
 
Do they have the same functions? Which is better?

zing_deleted 19-10-2006 22:50

Re: Power Iso v/s Alcohol 120%
 
I use Daemon tools.

opelfruitcase 19-10-2006 22:53

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Originally Posted by vbnmu (Post 34140537)
Do they have the same functions? Which is better?

They're pretty much different programs - PowerISO is mainly an ISO manipulation program and Alcohol is for burning specialist CD's (such as games, copy protected cd's, etc).

The Jackal 19-10-2006 22:56

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34140538)
I use Daemon tools.

Heh I *used* to use daemon tools great 4 windows.

Onwards and upwards my laptop is now linux and luvin it

opelfruitcase 19-10-2006 23:14

Re: Power Iso v/s Alcohol 120%
 
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34140538)
I use Daemon tools.

Oooooooh that Daemon tools looks great, gonna have a good fiddle with that later me thinks!

vbnmu 20-10-2006 00:08

Re: Power Iso v/s Alcohol 120%
 
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Originally Posted by opelfruitcase (Post 34140546)
They're pretty much different programs - PowerISO is mainly an ISO manipulation program and Alcohol is for burning specialist CD's (such as games, copy protected cd's, etc).

Ah! okie....never really used any of them except to extract .ISO files and .BIN files. thought they might be pretty similar.
In which case, which is better, Daemon Tools or Alcohol?

opelfruitcase 20-10-2006 00:28

Re: Power Iso v/s Alcohol 120%
 
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Originally Posted by vbnmu (Post 34140605)
Ah! okie....never really used any of them except to extract .ISO files and .BIN files. thought they might be pretty similar.
In which case, which is better, Daemon Tools or Alcohol?

At this moment in time, I would say Alcohol as thats what I have the experience, but give me 15 mins to reboot the computer so I can finish off the Daemon tools install and I'll tell you....!

The Jackal 20-10-2006 00:28

Re: Power Iso v/s Alcohol 120%
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vbnmu (Post 34140605)
Ah! okie....never really used any of them except to extract .ISO files and .BIN files. thought they might be pretty similar.
In which case, which is better, Daemon Tools or Alcohol?

If you just want to extract them : winrar is your friend.....

However Daemontools allows you to mount the image like a cdrom / dvdrom that way you can easily browse the contents of the iso without teadously extracting it

Shaun 20-10-2006 00:29

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I love Daemon as it allows me to easily mount a a disk and run it. Never seems to give me any issues either which is a bonus :D

vbnmu 20-10-2006 00:38

Re: Power Iso v/s Alcohol 120%
 
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Originally Posted by opelfruitcase (Post 34140616)
At this moment in time, I would say Alcohol as thats what I have the experience, but give me 15 mins to reboot the computer so I can finish off the Daemon tools install and I'll tell you....!

lol...thks opel.

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Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 34140619)
I love Daemon as it allows me to easily mount a a disk and run it. Never seems to give me any issues either which is a bonus :D

wud u say Daemon is better than Alco?? I only just managed to get Also working, using some methods that can not be described as exactly legit...

opelfruitcase 20-10-2006 00:54

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Originally Posted by vbnmu (Post 34140621)
lol...thks opel.

Thats ok....
Daemon seems to be excellent as a virtual drive manager, will read just about any format and will emulate cd copy protection methods as well, but is still no good for burning the copy protected cd's as mentioned earlier - its only purpose is as a virtual cd manager, but it does this superbly.

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Originally Posted by vbnmu (Post 34140621)
wud u say Daemon is better than Alco?? I only just managed to get Also working, using some methods that can not be described as exactly legit...

Hell, since when did most software that half the world uses become legit? Alcohol has pretty sophisticated copy/activation protection... seems almost ironic given what its best at.

punky 20-10-2006 03:06

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Alcohol 120% seriously screwed up my computer. Loads of things buggered up on it. Firstly the computer refused to boot. I then got round that and removed the software. Then had problems with my DVD drive. Then I had problems burning. Then some codecs stopped working. No way in hell am I ever touching it again.

Zee 20-10-2006 08:49

Re: Power Iso v/s Alcohol 120%
 
I like Alcohol 120% - used it for a year never had a problem with it - if you want it or PowerISO go here:

www.nsane.tk

zing_deleted 20-10-2006 09:23

Re: Power Iso v/s Alcohol 120%
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vbnmu (Post 34140605)
Ah! okie....never really used any of them except to extract .ISO files and .BIN files. thought they might be pretty similar.
In which case, which is better, Daemon Tools or Alcohol?

There both the same.As has been mention win rar will extract iso files but not .img files so another app is required. Daemon tools purely is an emulator and virtual disk device which will allow you to mount an image file and run it or extract it.The beauty of Daemon is the emulation of securerom laser lock and safe disk. IIRC Alcohol 120 uses the same software to create and mount the virtual drive plus has the bonus or cd/dvd writing but if your used to nero or something else you dont need this. Both are on my pc daemon gets used daily Alcohol120 rarely as DVD decrypter will write MDS MDF files

vbnmu 20-10-2006 11:47

Re: Power Iso v/s Alcohol 120%
 
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34140685)
There both the same.As has been mention win rar will extract iso files but not .img files so another app is required. Daemon tools purely is an emulator and virtual disk device which will allow you to mount an image file and run it or extract it.The beauty of Daemon is the emulation of securerom laser lock and safe disk. IIRC Alcohol 120 uses the same software to create and mount the virtual drive plus has the bonus or cd/dvd writing but if your used to nero or something else you dont need this. Both are on my pc daemon gets used daily Alcohol120 rarely as DVD decrypter will write MDS MDF files

Am used to nero so there's few chance of me moving to anything else. But I will probably get Daemon Tools and wave goodbye to Alco.
I wouldn't want to be in the same mess as Punky.
This is getting quite interesting. Am getting to learnt a lot about something that i have never really used.
Thats the beauty of this forum...however stupid u r, there are some nice people to remind u that :)
Nah, realy...there are some nice people who just help u out regardless of how stupid u might seem!
Cheers lads...And cheers to whoever runs the forum!

zing_deleted 20-10-2006 12:42

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Im stupid too mate dont worry lol lol

vbnmu 20-10-2006 13:04

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb (Post 34140798)
Im stupid too mate dont worry lol lol

:shocked:


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