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Filed under: OS Updates, Google, Mobile, Android

How to try Google Android on x86 computers with a LiveCD

by Brad Linder Jul 6th 2009

Want to give Google Android a try, but don't feel like buying a T-Mobile G1? Live-Android lets you download a LiveCD disc image of the Google Android operating system. Just burn the image to a disc, stick it in a CD-ROM drive, and reboot your computer and you can check out Android without installing it or affecting any files on your PC.

You can also use the disc image in a virtualization application like VirtualBox or Microsoft Virtual PC if you want to try the operating system without even rebooting your computer.

[via Netbook News.de]

Tags: disc-image, google-android, livecd

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

Free GizmoDrive is an excellent virtual CD, DVD, and HDD app

by Lee Mathews Jan 19th 2009

Yet another trick Windows 7 has up its sleeve is the ability to handle virtual hard drive images (.vhd) natively. If you're running an older version of Windows, GizmoDrive can provide the same functionality and more.

Apart from being able to mount .vhd files, GizmoDrive also supports .iso, .cue, .bin, .mds, .mdf, and .nrg formats. Using the create image feature you can create new image files from a disc or folder. If that's not enough, you can also use the app to burn disc images to physical media.

GizmoDrive isn't done there. Two more things its create image feature can do are set up a ram drive and create password-protected, encrypted virtual hard drives for storing sensitive data. Like most virtualization apps, you can either pre-allocate the virtual drive's full capacity or allow it to expand on-the-fly.

GizmoDrive is a free application for Windows, and adds several useful functions in a single, compact package. The developer packages several apps in one installer, so just make sure to uncheck what you don't want.

Thanks, John!

Tags: disc-image, iso, mount, vhd, virtual-hard-drive

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

ImgBurn: Free CD/DVD image burning for Windows

by Brad Linder Dec 21st 2007

Looking a way to burn a disc image to a CD or DVD but don't want to shell out the money for a copy of Nero? ImgBurn is a free Windows app that does just what it's name would suggest: it burns images. You can also use it to create images from CDs or files on your computer.

ImgBurn isn't the only game in town. CDBurnerXP or InfraRecorder are also both free, and they also support burning images to a disc. Both programs are also a bit easier to use if you want to create a compilation, audio CD, or pretty much anything other than a disc image. But ImgBurn's focus on disc images makes it ideal if you're happy with the built in Windows XP/Vista disc burning utilities, but simply need a solution for burning ISO, NRG, or BIN files to disc.

[via AppScout]

Tags: cd-burner, CDBurnerXP, disc-image, ImgBurn, InfraRecorder

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