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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about Daemon Tools focus on issues encountered during Windows installation and upgrades. Users report that Daemon Tools, along with similar software like Alcohol 120%, can create virtual IDE controllers that interfere with Windows setup, causing errors or requiring driver updates. In one case, a user upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 found a phantom IDE controller in Device Manager that was resolved by uninstalling Alcohol 120%. Another user mounting a Windows 7 RC ISO with Daemon Tools received a version incompatibility error when trying to run setup from a copied hard disk. These threads highlight compatibility and driver conflicts between virtual drive software and Windows installation processes.
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    Windows 7 Random IDE Controller issues during install

    I was in the middle of upgrading Vista Home Premium 32bit to Windows 7 when the installer told me I needed to update the drivers for my IDE drive. Well, I don't have any IDE drives, and my IDE controller is disabled in bios, so I found that strange. Looking in device manager, under Storage...
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    • alcohol 120% deamon tools device manager driver update ide controller installation issues storage controllers virtual drive vista upgrade windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 RC Installation Error.

    Fellow I have just downloaded the Windows 7 64-bit RC. I used the Deamon Tools and mounted the ISO file of Win7 RC and copy its contents to a Harddisk. Previously I was using Vista 32 bit & not when I click the setup a message pops up saying "The version of this file is not ompatible with the...
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