A CD and DVD virtual drive emulator.
Alcohol is a virtual DVD and CD rom drive with full support for burning and ripping discs. It is geared towards users who run PC games or other types of disc images. It also makes running DVD and CD games much faster by removing the slow CD reading speed from the equasion. That means you can read CD and DVD images at up to 200x, much faster than running from a disc.
Another advantage of using a program like Alcohol 120% is saving battery power when running on a notebook or netbook computer; running a CD involves an extra motor which tends to eat into battery power.
Also worth noting is that using discs often can lead to wear and tear of your original disc; it also gives parents the knowledge that kids aren't likely to wreck a disc when playing their favourite PC games.
The program is not freeware, but you're free to run it for a trial period of 14 days.
Alcohol 120% can mount up to 31 virtual CD or DVD drives.
The interface of Alcohol's product is very easy to get around. Mounting discs takes literally seconds and converting DVDs, CDs and Blu-ray discs is as simple as a few clicks away.
Supported formats for mounting discs is growing and comprehensive; ISOs, BINs, Nero images, CloneCD images and CDRWin are some of the more popular ones.
The most recent versions of Alcohol 120% have included support for blu-ray burning and ripping.
Features of Alcohol 120%
- Backup: Backup data from discs to hard drives.
- Burn: Create and burn images to physical discs.
- Compatibility: Compatible with most disc types.
- Convert: Convert images from one format to another.
- Copy: Make copies of CDs and DVDs.
- Emulation: Emulate up to 32 virtual drives.
- Erase: Erase rewritable discs.
- Network: Network access and sharing of virtual drives.
- Profile: Create profiles for different disc types.
- SecurDisc: Support for SecurDisc technology.
- Store: Store data on discs and hard drives.
- UDF: Support for UDF file system.
Compatibility and License
This download is licensed as shareware for the Windows operating system from disc utilities and can be used as a free trial until the trial period ends (after an unspecified number of days). The Alcohol 120% 2.1.1.2201 demo is available to all software users as a free download with potential restrictions and is not necessarily the full version of this software.
Is Alcohol 120% for Windows 10?
Yes. It can run on a PC with Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
Filed under:
- Alcohol 120% Download
- Disc Copier Software
- Software for Windows 10
