Ease of Use:  

GameDrive has simple navigation and design that can be learned easily by people new to the concept of virtual drives.

Ease of Setup:  

We had no problems while installing GameDrive. During installation, GameDrive asks you how many virtual drives you'd like to create, allowing you to play several games simultaneously.

Feature Set:  

GameDrive doesn't offer as many features as many of our top products do, as it is a virtual drive, not a CD/DVD burner program. You can only create images (full copies of the game stored on your hard drive) with this program, not backup discs. As with most other game copy software, third party applications are necessary to copy and play most new games, whether through patches or emulation.

Quality of Copy:  

With GameDrive, the quality of copy is fully dependent on how well the image was made and if that image plays in the program's virtual drive. All the games we loaded into the program's virtual drive played flawlessly.

Protection Removal:  

You cannot make backup copies of console games, like PS2 and XBox games, with GameDrive because you can't play a console game image with virtual drive. As for emulating PC games, GameDrive does an adequate job with earlier versions of both Safedisk and SecuROM, but fails to work with more current game copy protections.

Help/Documentation:  

GameDrive has useful help files, which can be quickly accessed in the program. Within these files are manuals and tutorials that walk you through the GameDrive features and options.

Available on FarStone's website are a list of games and details on what protections are used on each game, FAQs and a support telephone number for non-technical issues. A unique service offered by FarStone is a support ticket system, which they use to handle support issues. To use this, though, you must first register.

Although GameDrive by FarStone is much more detailed than virtual drives that come on other game copy programs, it serves the same purpose overall, while emulating fewer games. If you're a serious gamer, we'd suggest a more comprehensive software package like CloneCD or Alcohol 120%.