Why not rip CD images of the CD's you use most often and then use a utility such as VirtualCD or DaemonTools to read them into virtual CD-ROM drives. The discs are then accessable from your hard drive. Problem solved. It works faster than a CD-ROM and you have no spin-up lag. This also keeps you from having to change discs when running a different application or game.
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Why not rip CD images of the CD's you use most often and then use a utility such as VirtualCD or DaemonTools to read them into virtual CD-ROM drives. The discs are then accessable from your hard drive. Problem solved. It works faster than a CD-ROM and you have no spin-up lag. This also keeps you from having to change discs when running a different application or game.