Alcohol 120%, is a powerful Windows application that makes it easy to create backups of DVDs* and CDs. In addition, the program lets you store your most used CDs as images on your computer, so you can call them up at the click of a button. Home users make backup copies of their game CDs and movie DVDs*, allowing the kids to treat multimedia disks roughly, without destroying their value. Librarians and school administrators use Alcohol 120% to archive their institutions' collections of recordable media, protecting themselves against the daily wear and tear that damages discs. Business users use Alcohol 120% to make duplicate backup copies of software titles, ensuring that they will continue to have access to their licensed software, even if their physical CDs become damaged and unusable. With Alcohol 120%, you no longer have to worry about CDs or DVDs* getting lost, stolen, or damaged. Duplicate discs work just like the originals, and your entire collection can be archived safely.
Features:
* Supports: Windows 95 / 98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP
* Can handle up to 31 virtual CD & DVD-ROM drives, all at once! So you can run several CD & DVD programs simultaneously.
* The reading speed of a virtual CD-ROM is 200X. This means you can play a CD from the virtual CD-ROM with 200X reading speed.
* Supports normal CD & DVD and CD RAW sub-channel reading methods: RAW reading method enables to emulate all CDs.
* CD formats supported: CD-DA, CD+G, CD-ROM, CD-XA, Video CD, Photo CD, Mixed Mode, Multi-session CD
* DVD formats supported: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio
* Support for all current (ATAPI & SCSI) drives: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW
* Supports dumping from original disc to the most popular image file formats:
* Media Descriptor Image file format (mds)
* CloneCD Image format (ccd / img / sub)
* CDR WIN Image file format (cue / bin). Available for disc with one session only, cannot store sub-channeld data
* Standard ISO Image format (iso). Available for disc with one data track only, cannot store sub-channeld data
* Supports almost any format of CD disc image files for Emulation and Recording:
* Media Descriptor Image file format (mds)
* CloneCD Image format (ccd/img/sub)
* CDRWIN Image file format (cue/bin)
* NERO Image file format (nrg)
* Standard ISO Image format (iso)
* BlindSuite image file format (bwt/bwi/bws)
* DiscJuggler image file format (cdi)
* Supports Bypass EFM error function, it will try to correct regular bit patterns. This function is disabled in the USA and Japan.
* Offers "Ignore Media Type" option. This option will force all software to ignore whether the disc is CD-R or CD-RW, allowing it to be recognized as a CD-ROM disc.
* CD writing methods: Session-At-Once, Disc-At-Once, RAW Session- At-Once, RAW Session- At-Once + SUB, RAW Disc- At-Once (with full PQ/R-W sub-code support)
* DVD writing methods: Session-At-Once, Disc-At-Once
* CD formats supported: CD-DA, CD+G, CD-ROM, CD-XA, Video CD, Photo CD, Mixed Mode, Multi-session CD
* DVD formats supported: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio
* Support for Buffer-Under-Run prevention technologies including: BURN-Proof, JustLink, Power-Burn, SafeBurn, and Seamless Link
* Support for all current (ATAPI & SCSI) drives: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW
* Support for simultaneous recording to multiple: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW.
* Full support for Firewire (IEEE-1394) and USB protocols