vivac... any chance of you extrapolating a bit on what you did there?

the d3.46 stuff and mounting is a bit over my head... :(

thanks very kindly

cd protection
 

My experience: two kind of copy are exist on the net, an iso version, and a mdf. The iso version DOES NOT include the mini image folder, is has a different size also, and DO NOT work with the described method. The mdf,mds version contain the mini image, and WORKS with the mounted mini image, and the UNPLUGGED, not disabled CD, DVD drives. All who own the iso image, forget it, try to get the mdf one where the two cd image ALSO in mdf format

there's no need to phisically unplug the cd/dvd.