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I rarely use discs nowadays. I think the last disc I actually used was the Windows 7 installation DVD, and that's because I didn't have a USB drive handy.

However, I have a bunch of old games on discs and they all work (beautifully) on my modern Windows 10 PC. I have more than enough storage, and I'm not going to have a disc drive forever, so why not rip them?

But, uh oh, half the software is commercial, a quarter is old & incompatible, and my few favourites are now ridden with adware. And I'm not looking to burn new discs.

So, what do I do?

On Linux, it's as easy as piping one device into a file. On Windows, it's a little trickier but still super-simple. You just need a physical HANDLE, buffering and a way to make the user stop it because interfacing with disc drives in Windows is still horribly unstable.

That's why I made this tiny utility.

How do I use this?

You can now download a build right on GitHub.

  1. Download the latest release (in your system's architecture)
  2. Drop it in C:\Program Files\Isotope\isotope.exe
  3. Run the register.reg file
  4. Right-click your disc drive & pick "Rip with Isotope..." to convert it to an ISO

You can also just run isotope.exe; no installation necessary.

Known issues

  • There's no installer. (But it's also self-contained)
  • Ripping is done on a logical level, reading the same disc partition you see in Computer. Meaning we'll only rip "the first" if the disc:
    • Has more partitions;
    • Cheats Windows by showing a smaller partition and transparently reads the rest (e.g.: DRM);
    • Also has a Mac paritition you wish to rip.

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