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Perenista
12th July 2024, 01:32
I bought a new book from Amazon, with the 9th edition from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Despite the redeeming code for the site already expired (and it was only valid for 5 years anyway), I can use with my PC.

This is a DVD-ROM. The problem is, if I create an ISO, and try to run from my SSD, it will say it's being "emulated" (if I mount with Virtual CloneDrive, for example), and whatever I am doing, it's somehow detecting the disc is not inside the external drive.

So, every time I need to use this product, I need to fetch the disc, insert in the drive (again), and run.

Of course I need to find out what kind of protection this DVD has and how to defeat it. Or if I need to be a programmer to create a hack, due to not existing any software that can help me with this goal.

How do I find out what is going on, and how do I run this from a virtual drive, without the Windows 11 app refusing it?