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Play PC games directly on your hard drive - without the disc!
Emulation software lets you play CDs and DVDs without inserting the disc.
Make a 1:1 copy of your hard drive, including settings and partition information

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United States of America, Irvine, 6 Morgan

<plosh at farstone dot com>

Contact person: Peter Losh

FarStone Technology programs

GameDrive CD / DVD Emulator 10
Are you tired of scratching or losing your favorite PC game discs? Or of swapping out discs and waiting for them to load? GameDrive converts your PC games into "virtual discs," which run directly on your hard drive in place of physical discs. This protects original discs from loss, theft, and damage, PLUS a virtual disc has much better access rates than a physical disc in a physical ROM drive. Now with 64-bit support!
 
VirtualDrive Pro 11.5
Protect your discs from wear and tear. Get better playback while you're at it! VirtualDrive Pro CD emulator converts your CDs and unprotected DVDs into "virtual CDs" -- MP3-like files that run directly on your hard drive. A virtual CD has access rates far superior to a physical disc in a CD-ROM drive, and VirtualDrive Pro's included RAM disk software lets you run applications in memory up to 340 times faster.
 
DriveClone Disk Imaging Utility 2
DriveClone makes a 1:1 copy of your hard drive, allowing you to quickly recover or replace your hard drive in case of ANY catastrophic data disaster. Your software, files, and settings will appear EXACTLY as they were when you created the cloned image. Simple enough for a home user, DriveClone's powerful replication functions are also suitable for the system administrator, who can copy a single disk image onto multiple computer systems.
 
RestoreIT Data Backup Utility 7
RestoreIT 7 is a powerful data recovery utility that automatically backs up all files on a computer. After a malware attack, a Windows crash, or a problem caused by human error, RestoreIT lets you roll back your system to a point where it was last working properly. Since it loads before Windows, RestoreIT will launch even when Windows does not boot and recover all files, system and personal.
 
RestoreIT Pro Data Backup Utility 7
RestoreIT Pro combines the "set and forget" data backup of RestoreIT with the hard disk cloning of DriveClone. This makes for a powerful but user-friendly data backup utility that lets you recover from virtually any kind of data disaster, including hard drive failure. RestoreIT Pro will run even when Windows does not boot, and recover all data, including system and partition information.
 
RestoreIT Server 1
RestoreIT automatically backs up all files on a server. In case of a malware attack, an OS crash, or a problem caused by human error, RestoreIT lets you roll back your server to a point where it was last working properly. Since it loads before the OS, RestoreIT will launch even when the OS does not boot.
 
Virtual Class Remote Instruction System 5
Virtual Class lets you create a virtual classroom across a local area network. Teachers can broadcast their desktops to all student computers in a classroom or lab, remotely display the desktops of model students to other class members, and model the steps of a task by taking direct control of any student computer on the network.
 
VirtualDrive Pro CD / DVD Emulator 10
Are you tired of scratching or losing your favorite PC game discs? Or of swapping out discs and waiting for them to load? VirtualDrive Pro converts your PC games into "virtual discs," which run directly on your hard drive in place of physical discs. This protects original discs from loss, theft, and damage, PLUS a virtual disc has much better access rates than a physical disc in a physical ROM drive.
 
VirtualDrive 11.5
Convert your CDs and DVDs into files that run directly on a hard drive. Play games without inserting the physical discs -- simply click on a desktop icon to launch a virtual CD with access rates up to 200 times faster than a CD-ROM. Share virtual CDs over a network, and enjoy access rates up to 200 times faster than physical CDs, boosting the performance of PC games, photo CDs, and disc-based applications.
 
DriveClone 3.1
Make an exact copy of your hard drive, including system setting and partition information, and save it as a compressed image to CD, DVD, a network share, or to an external hard drive. DriveClone lets you quickly recover your system following a data disaster, or transfer a cloned image to a new hard drive. Your installed software, files, and system settings will appear exactly as they were when you created the hard drive image or clone.
 
RestoreIT 7
RestoreIT 7 is a powerful data recovery utility that automatically backs up all files on a computer. After a malware attack, a Windows crash, or a problem caused by human error, RestoreIT lets you roll back your system to a point where it was last working properly. Since it loads before Windows, RestoreIT will launch even when Windows does not boot and recover all files, system and personal.
 
RestoreIT Pro 7
RestoreIT Pro combines the "set and forget" data backup of RestoreIT with the hard disk cloning of DriveClone. This makes for a powerful but user-friendly data backup utility that lets you recover from virtually any kind of data disaster, including hard drive failure. RestoreIT Pro will run even when Windows does not boot, and recover all data, including system and partition information.
 
DriveClone Pro 3.5
Make an exact copy of your hard drive, including system settings and partition information, and save it as a compressed image to CD, DVD, or to an external hard drive. Copy your disk image onto a new hard drive for rapid recovery from hard disk failure or to upgrade your system with better hardware. DriveClone Pro also has automatic, ongoing file version backup and system snapshots for fast recovery from software-related data disasters.