On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:40:23 +1300, Ian Westergaard <ian.westergaard@ihug.co.nz> wrote: >On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:06:20 GMT, Julie <joliffe@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I also have the data on the disks >> copied to the hard drive so it runs without using the CD's. >> >> BVRI and Digger all run the same way. >> >> Julie >> >How do you do this? I have managed to do it in XP with single CD sets but >not with multiple CD sets like AVRI. I have not tried it with Vista as I >only have Vista on my laptop. > Hi Ian, The following is a set of instructions which was posted in another newsgroup but not yet tried by me so I can't vouch for them. I certainly intend to try them in the near future. Incudentally, my current method with AVRI is to use a virtual drive and four image files which I load as appropriate. The method described below should be even simpler. Thanks to D.U. Ref: The "LDS Australian Vital Records 1788-1905" 4CD set I think that this is the first time I have actually used to data from this disk set by the LDS, and am passing this info along in case it is useful to others. It is possible to burn the contents of the 4 CD-Roms to one DVD, this eliminating the need to change dusks, (either physical disks, or mounted images). The Basic method I used was to just copy all the contents of ALL the 4 CDs to a common direcrory with all the files and dirs as they were, and just burn the contents to a DVD using ypur favourite burning software. I did give the disk LABEL the name of "AVR_1788" wich may or may not be required, but does make sense. My dsk is not self loading, but is otherwise ok, no need to swap disks! Works like a charm! ...Choice!! D.U. A DOS based directory listing shows a view of the files on the constructed DVD..... Volume in drive J is AVR_1788 Directory of J:\ 30/04/2004 07:24 PM <DIR> AVR 30/04/2004 09:35 PM <DIR> INTRO16 25/03/1998 11:27 PM 1,327,118 SETUP.EXE Directory of J:\AVR 20/01/1998 10:30 PM 518,324,224 AVR_AD.NFO 20/01/1998 10:34 PM 484,708,352 AVR_EK.NFO 20/01/1998 10:39 PM 513,900,544 AVR_LQ.NFO 20/01/1998 10:45 PM 513,990,656 AVR_RZ.NFO 23/12/1997 12:41 AM 2,636 README.TXT 5 File(s) 2,030,926,412 bytes Directory of J:\INTRO16 11/12/1997 05:06 PM 381,334 0_INTRO.DXR 11/12/1997 05:06 PM 448,152 1_OVER.DXR 11/12/1997 05:07 PM 2,811,150 2_BELIEF.DXR 11/12/1997 05:07 PM 1,682,765 3_CHHIST.DXR 11/12/1997 05:07 PM 279,326 4_BOOK.DXR 11/12/1997 05:07 PM 781,555 5_TEMPLE.DXR 11/12/1997 05:07 PM 4,604,788 6_JOSEPH.DXR 11/12/1997 05:08 PM 9,251,576 7_FAMHIS.DXR 11/12/1997 05:08 PM 201,282 8_MORE.DXR 04/12/1997 07:05 PM 1,433,120 INTRO16.EXE 04/12/1997 07:05 PM 1,709,918 INTRO32.EXE 15/10/1997 09:06 PM 1,056,064 PEDIGREE.BMP 11/12/1997 05:09 PM 302,959 PRINT.DXR 15/10/1997 09:05 PM 1,056,064 RESEARCH.BMP 11/12/1997 05:09 PM 977,805 SHARED.CXT 30/04/2004 07:32 PM <DIR> XTRAS 15 File(s) 26,977,858 bytes Directory of J:\INTRO16\XTRAS 02/12/1997 11:33 PM 201,424 PMATIC.X16 27/09/1997 08:23 PM 354,816 PMATIC.X32 2 File(s) 556,240 bytes Total Files Listed: 23 File(s) 2,059,787,628 bytes