A friend loaded Sims 3 on an external hard drive. I have no idea how to load it on the computer he said something about a virtual CD. Please help.
Okay, sounds like you need some basic information to understand what’s going on here. I’ll go over just exactly what a virtual CD is, why you might need one, and how you can use one.
What is Sims 3?
Sims 3 is the third version of the original Sims game. This video game offers life simulation play in a fun and enjoyable setting. As a player you get to control a family and its family members’ lives in every aspect from the house they live in to the jobs they have and more.
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What is a Virtual CD?
A virtual CD is one that can be used in place of a physical CD on a computer. Generally, people like to create virtual CDs of their physical disks so that they can use them on more than one computer, laptop, notebook, or netbook without the need to purchase a portable CD drive if they don’t have one. Virtual CDs are image formats of the physical disks and are often referred to as ISO files.
Opening a Virtual CD
Physical CDs and virtual CDs contain the same basic information on them. The difference is that you cannot simply open a virtual CD because you want to use it. In the same way that you need a particular type of program to open a DVD, pictures, documents, Zip files, etc, you also need a particular type of program to open a virtual CD.
How to Run Sims 3 from External Drive
Running Sims 3 from an external drive means that you have a virtual CD and need a special application or utility to open it. Basically, you need a player that will act like a CD drive so that you can open the ISO file of Sims 3 that you have. Since you don’t have the physical CD, you need to trick the computer with the tool or player to think the CD is in the CD drive (even though it isn’t.)
You will still need to install Sims 3 after you download it to your hard drive. Therefore, you need to make sure that you have enough memory on the machine (netbook, laptop, etc) that you are using to play Sims 3.
Tools to Open a Virtual CD
In order to open a virtual CD, you need to download an optical media emulator.
Susan Keenan | June 10th, 2009
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