Re: Amerzone's post above: Image programs are the only way to go with AGs that don't provide a full install. While I've been using them for years, the relatively recent massive increased size of hard disks make the use of image programs even more useful.
Essentially, what you do is first install the imaging program to your computer. The all-in-one programs (including my favorite: Virtual CD) will then allow you to create an 'image' of a CD or Dvd (which is nothing more than a massive data file) which can be 'inserted' into a virtual cd/dvd drive (that the program creates) or one of the actual physical drives (or at least that's the way the computer sees it). Essentially, the computer thinks it is seeing a regular cd/dvd in a regular cd/dvd drive, but really you are running only files on your hard disk.
These programs have been unfairly labelled as attempts to flout copy protection, but there is no indication that they have facilitated pirating at all. In my mind, all they do is allow me to play AGs entirely from the hard disk- no more switching out cds/dvds and no more cd/dvd drive lag!
Last edited by SirDave; 05/19/08 06:50 PM.