UltraISO is a program designed to create a virtual CD drive in the system. It allows you to open ISO files (name.iso) and run games from them, create flash drives and disks for installing operating systems. This article will talk about the error in UltraISO "Virtual Drive Not Found", and what to do to fix it.
Causes
The reasons behind this problem are 4 in total:
- Limited user rights.
- Incorrect program settings.
- Software conflict with hardware.
- Incorrect installation of the program.
There are 4 ways to resolve the "Virtual CD \ DVD drive not found" error in UltraISO, as well as their causes.
Method number 1 - the correct launch of the program
This problem is most often encountered by users of Windows versions 7, 8, and 10, since they have "fool protection" under the official name "User Account Control". Therefore, any program that requires access to system files to work, must be run as administrator. The algorithm for setting the correct start is as follows:
- Right-click on the program shortcut and click on the "Properties" line in the pop-up menu.
- Switch to the "Compatibility" tab in the dialog box and tick the box next to "Run this program as administrator" in the last sub-block.
- Click "Apply" and "Ok."
To permanently get rid of problems that arise due to the need to run programs on behalf of the administrator, you need to run the following algorithm:
- In the "Control Panel" go to the "User Accounts" section.
- In the center of the new window, click on the line "Change control settings".
- In the next dialog box, move the slider down.
- Click “OK” to save the new setting.
After that, the error in UltraISO "Virtual Drive Not Found" usually disappears.
Method number 2 - checking the settings
Sometimes this error occurs due to a malfunction of settings or unchecking during installation near the line "Install ISO CD \ DVD emulator". To fix the error in UltraISO "Virtual drive not found" in this way you need to:
- In the menu bar, select "Options", "Settings".
- In the window that opens, click on the words "Virtual Drive".
- In the first drop-down list, select the value "1".
- Click OK.
- Check the operability of the drive by opening the image with its help.
This eliminates the "Virtual Drive Not Found" error in UltraISO.
Method number 3 - disable physical drive
When connecting additional physical DVD-drives, sometimes there is a conflict with programs such as UltraISO, leading to the inoperability of the latter. To make the application work again, you need to programmatically disable the added drive using the following sequence of actions:
- Right-click on the "My Computer" icon and use the "Properties" line to open the dialog box of the same name. Further, the call to "Device Manager" depends on the installed operating system. Windows XP: "Hardware" / "Device Manager". Other versions, including Vista: click on the caption of the same name on the left side of the window.
- In the left part of the new window open the item "CD and DVD drives" and select any of them.
- Call the context menu and click on it "Disable".
- To restart a computer.
After using UltraISO, you must reconnect the physical drive in the same way.
Method number 4 - reinstalling the program
If the previous ways to resolve the error in UltraISO "Virtual Drive Not Found" did not help, then you need to reinstall the program.
To do this, you must delete it using the standard program manager in the "Control Panel" or a third-party application to completely remove programs.
On Windows 8, this is done as follows:
- Hover over the upper right corner of the screen.
- In the block that appears, select "Options" and "Control Panel."
- Go to the "Programs and Features" by first switching the view from "Categories" to "Large / Small Icons".
- Select the program in the list, click "Uninstall" and follow the instructions of the uninstall wizard.
When the program is deleted, you can check the registry for its remnants using CCleaner and restart the computer. After that, UltraISO is reinstalled.
How to burn an image to a flash drive in UltraISO
This program is a convenient tool that allows you to create a full flash drive for installing the operating system in a few minutes. The sequence of actions is as follows:
- From the menu, select "Self-loading" and in it go to "Burn disc image".
- In the new dialog box, select the medium where the image will be written from the first drop-down list.
- In the second drop-down list, select the value "USB-HDD +". This will allow the BIOS to recognize the flash card as a hard drive.
- Press the button “Record” and wait until the end of the process. Depending on the performance of the PC and the size of the image, the procedure may take 10-15 minutes.
Note. There should not be any valuable information on the media, since before recording the program automatically formats it.
This is the way how to write an image to a USB flash drive in UltraISO.
UltraISO is an application that allows you to fully work with disk images. And if the error "Virtual drive not found" occurs in it, it is quite easy to eliminate.