Alcohol 120%
Image Making Wizard in Alcohol 120% running on Windows Vista
Developer:	Alcohol Software
Latest release:	1.9.6.5429 / July 2, 2007
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Genre:	CD/DVD emulation, recording software
License:	Demoware
Website:	www.alcohol-soft.com

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Features

Alcohol 120% can create disk images, either in its proprietary Media Descriptor Image file format, or in a number of other popular formats (listed below). The second popular feature of the program is its capability to emulate up to 31 virtual drives to mount disk images, making it unnecessary to have a physical copy of the disc. Virtual drives can operate at over 200 times the speed of the conventional CD-ROM drive. Alcohol 120% can also be used as a conventional "burning" software for writing onto CDs and DVDs. It supports simultaneous writing to multiple CD/DVD writers. A disk image is a computer file containing the complete contents and structure of a data storage medium or device, such as a Hard drive, CD or DVD. The term has been generalized to cover any such file, whether originated from an actual physical storage device or not. ... A virtual drive is a term used with respect to computers when a drive is emulated in some fashion. ...

Supported File Types

These formats are supported by the image mounting feature of Alcohol 120%:

• .mds/.mdf, Media Descriptor Image file, (default)
• .ccd/.img/.sub, CloneCD Image File
• .cue/.bin, CDRWIN Image File
• .iso, Standard ISO Image file
• .bwt/.bwi/.bws, Blindread Image File
• .cdi, DiscJuggler Image File
• .nrg, Nero Burning ROM Image File
• .pdi, Instant CD/DVD Image File
• .b5t/.b5i, Blindwrite V5/V6 Image File (also .b6t/.b6i)
• .isz, UltraISO Image File

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• .mds/.mdf, Media Descriptor Image file, (default)
  • When making disk images of DVDs, Alcohol 120% only supports the .mdf/.mds format.
• .ccd/.img/.sub, CloneCD Image File
• .cue/.bin, CDRWIN Image File
• .iso, Standard ISO Image file

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Copy Prevention

Alcohol 120%'s image recording feature is capable of bypassing certain copy prevention schemes, such as Safedisc and SecuROM. It can also create images from Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 file systems. Certain copy protection schemes require burner hardware that is capable of passing along the copy protection. Copy prevention, also known as copy protection, is any technical measure designed to prevent duplication of information. ... SafeDisc is a CD/DVD copy protection program for Windows applications and games, developed by Macrovision Corporation, aiming to prevent software piracy, as well as resisting home media duplication devices, professional duplicators, and reverse engineering attempts. ... SecuROM is a CD/DVD copy protection product, most often used for Computer games, by Sony DADC. SecuROM aims to resist home media duplication devices, professional duplicators, and reverse engineering attempts. ... The Dreamcast , code-named White Belt, Black Belt, Dural, Dricas, Vortex, Katana, Shark and Guppy during development) is Segas final video game console and the successor to the Sega Saturn. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... “PS2” redirects here. ...

The program does not back up DVD titles encrypted with the Content Scramble System. Alcohol Soft cites present legal restrictions for the decision not to include this feature. Content Scramble System (CSS) is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) scheme used on almost all commercially produced DVD-Video discs. ...

Some software manufacturers employ software blacklist methods to prevent Alcohol 120% from copying the software. There are third party tools available that attempt to counteract the blacklist methods, such as Anti-blaxx and CureRom. Software blacklisting is a tool used by manufacturers of software and music on CD and DVD. Essentially the software on the disc will audit the users computer for certain types of virtual CD and CD authoring software, or for debugging software used by warez groups to create patches (known... In a two-party system a third party is a party other than the two dominant ones. ... CureRom is an anti-blacklisting piece of software. ...

Alcohol 52%

Alcohol 52% is a version of Alcohol 120% without the burning engine. It can still create image files, and mount those images onto up to 6 virtual drives, just as with Alcohol 120%, it includes an optional bundled adware toolbar. There is a freeware version of this, however. The term Freeware refers to gratis proprietary software with closed source. ...

Alcohol 68%

Alcohol 68% was an intended version of Alcohol 120% that only included a disc-burning engine, with no drive emulation. This proved to be unpopular and the program was phased out.

Awards

• European ShareWare Conference 2006 Epsilon Award ^[1]

References

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See also

• Daemon Tools
• SPTD

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... SCSI Pass Through Direct (usually abbreviated as SPTD) is a Device Driver developed by Duplex Secure Ltd. ...

External links

• Alcohol Software Product Homepage
• mdf2iso - open-source tool to convert Alcohol .MDF images to ISO images