I personally have no trouble with Alcohol but recently installed power iso which also does this mounting thing pretty good fp
At 04:08 PM 4/4/2007, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: >So what the hell is the solution for a program to do image mounting? > >On 4/4/07, Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>From: Wayne Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> >>>To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> >>>Subject: Re: [H] DAEMON Tools & Alcohol abase into garbag >>>Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:13:27 -0400 >>> >>>At 00:29 04-04-2007, Hayes Elkins typed: >>>>Alcohol does not integrate spyware like Daemon Tools does, however it does >>>>use the problematic SPTD.sys - ymmv - however the links I provide prove >>>>I'm in not a fluke. >>> >>>I don't use Alcohol & while I have SPTD.sys maybe from Daemon Tools 4.08E I >>>do NOT have SPTD****.sys which according to the article is the bad guy. >>> >>>So am I safe or not? >> >>According to here: http://www.disc-tools.com/download/daemon you have the >>version of Daemon Tools which uses SPTD.sys v1.39, which DuplexSecure >>themselves state is buggy: >>http://forum.duplexsecure.com/showthread.php?t=80) >> >>You can try using the latest version of SPTD.sys from DuplexSecure here: >>http://www.duplexsecure.com/downloads >> >>But you then open yourself up to a new batch of issues, just read their own >>support forum. >> >>These problems appear to creep up on newer systems that boot off or have >>system partitions on SCSI/SATA RAID arrays or SATA drives in AHCI mode. >>Those using legacy IDE mode when installing their OS may be in the clear, >>which may explain why a few of you are scratching your head. >> >>A brief primer on AHCI: AHCI mode is the superior mode to configure your >>SATA drives prior to installing the OS because it enables features that >>legacy IDE does not support like NCQ and hot plugging. It's been an option >>for Intel chipsets for a while now on their ICHx southbridges. AHCI flew >>under the radar for XP due to the need for vendor supplied SATA controller >>drivers to support AHCI in the OS (otherwise it wont boot), however for the >>hardware guru it's not something terribly complicated (for intel systems, >>just use their matrix storage software to make a F6 install disk). Vista >>provides a native generic AHCI driver that forgoes the need for third party >>software, so expect more and more systems to have AHCI enabled. >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Can't afford to quit your job? Earn your AS, BS, or MS degree online in 1 >>year. >>http://www.classesusa.com/clickcount.cfm?id=866145&goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.classesusa.com%2Ffeaturedschools%2Fonlinedegreesmp%2Fform-dyn1.html%3Fsplovr%3D866143 >> > > >-- >Brian > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?
