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Netbooks are great, so handy and portable, but they do have their downsides. The lack of a DVD/CD drive make playing games a bit awkward, but it is possible (depending on spec!). Here are 6 well explained and simple steps on how to install and play any PC games on your netbook.  

Step 1) First of all, you need a program called Daemon tools. You can download it here. Basically this program makes your netbook think it has an internal DVD drive, containing a DVD, but really the “DVD” is simply on the hard drive , as a disc image(basically a copy of the DVD). Download and install Daemon tools.

Step 2) Now you need your disc image. The normal file extension for a disc image is .iso , but it can be in other formats, such as .bin, for this tutorial we will stick to ISO files. These can be obtained in two ways:

a)If you have a desktop PC or a laptop with a DVD drive: Download and install Ashampoo (download here )(other software can also do this part). Insert the game you want to eventually play into the DVD drive. Run Ashampoo and select ->Create/Burn Disc Images ->Create a Disc Image from a CD. You should then see something like :

In this case, E: is my DVD drive on my PC with the game inserted into it. Click next. Choose the disc image format to be “ISO file format” , and I suggest an easy to remember disc image path , like C:\GAME ISO\game-name-here.iso


Click next, and the ISO file will be created where ever you chose to save it:


There you go, your ISO file is ready, go to step 3.

b)If a netbook is all you have, and have no access to a machine to do a) above, you can hunt online for an ISO of the game that you own. I am not condoning piracy, nor will I share what particular sites supply such files, all I am saying is in my opinion, if you legally own a physical copy of the game, I personally and morally have no problem with the owner downloading an ISO of the game so he can play it on his netbook. Whether this is legal or not, I’m not certain. Do it at your own risk!  

Step 3) By now you should have the ISO on your netbook hard drive , for example , C:\GAME ISO, and you should have Daemon tools (newest version supports Win7). Run Daemon tools , and you will notice a small icon(grey circle with blue lightning bolt through it) on the bottom right of your screen. Right click it, and select Virtual Devices-> Device 1-> Mount Image… and navigate to your ISO, and click open.

Step 4) Now if the game does not auto run, simply go to my computer, and click on the DVD drive(with your game in it) that daemon tools has created. Install the game normally.  

Step 5) As you may know, most games require the DVD to be in the computer for it to run, and many games will detect that Daemon tools is running , and because Daemon tools is associated with piracy , the game will not run. If this is the case, I’m afraid your only option is to go hunting for a “crack” for the game. I suggest googling “game-name-here PC crack” or “game-name-here no cd “. You should quite easily source a crack for the game. Once obtained(and extracted if it is .rar or .zip), you should have a file called game-name-here.exe , or something of that nature. Simply navigate to where you installed the game, and locate the original game-name-here.exe is, probably in C:\Program Files\game-name-here Simply replace the original game-name-here.exe with the cracked version of game-name-here.exe.  

Step 6) You should be ready to play the game now! No external DVD drive and with step 5, you wont even need Daemon tools running in the background! Remember , use this tutorial only if you have a legal copy of the game, I don’t want to condone piracy here.

Questions, tips or anything else, please comment!

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