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Finecut 8 download without CD Drive

Posted by Iain George on 29 March 2018 at 17:36

I have treated my self to a new PC, nothing special but as it is an all in one there is no CD Drive. I am now unable to reinstall Fine Cut 8. I have googled and looked on the Mimaki site but all I can find is updates that require the original disk to be inserted when requested.
Is there a way around this.

Cheers
Iain

Iain George replied 7 years, 7 months ago 5 Members · 11 Replies
11 Replies

Chris J Murray

Member
29 March 2018 at 18:24

Usb DVD drive from the likes of Argos will cost about 20 quid and just plugs in as and when you need it
Chris
Stafford Cox

Member
30 March 2018 at 10:34

I have an ISO image of Finceut 8. I just mount that as a virtual drive. I just got a new laptop with no CD drive so had to do this only yesterday.
Iain George

Member
30 March 2018 at 10:44

quote Stafford Cox:

I have an ISO image of Finceut 8. I just mount that as a virtual drive. I just got a new laptop with no CD drive so had to do this only yesterday.

???? Sorry but that has gone whoosh over my head.
Stafford Cox

Member
30 March 2018 at 10:52

You can take an image of the CD and use it as a pretend drive in Windows (it even assigns a drive letter to it in My Computer). Unfortunately I’m not allowed to give out my contact details or reply to PMs or I’d send you it.
Iain George

Member
30 March 2018 at 10:59

I have your number can i ring you now? You guys just repaired my CJV30and done an ink change over.
Stafford Cox

Member
30 March 2018 at 12:02

Nice to speak to you today Iain, about 2 minutes of upload remaining…
Iain George

Member
30 March 2018 at 12:56

Thank very much Sir. A wonderful man and a great help. Speak soon.
Stafford Cox

Member
30 March 2018 at 13:15

Thanks Iain, glad to help.
Peter Johnson

Member
30 March 2018 at 16:57

I make a point of ALWAYS having a PC with a DVD/CD writer on my network somewhere. You never, ever know when you might just need one to write something to disc for someone else, or if a new piece of software/hardware comes with drivers on a disk.

I then always make sure I make a full copy of the disk to my NAS drive so it is available to any machine I plug into my network, or in case I lose/damage the original discs.
Kevin Busby

Member
31 March 2018 at 09:16

Just for your info its also possible to get a very cheap usb plugin cd drive, just plug it into a usb port and it will play any cd dvds you might have.
Iain George

Member
31 March 2018 at 09:19

I had thought of that but didn’t want to have to go out again that day and just needed to get things sorted. Thank to everyone for there help it has been resolved.