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AEK CD Reader is a software which basically reads files from CD and DVDs and copies them to your HDD.
So what Windows can do same thing without any other software. But there is a little difference.
Windows does not supporting skipping bad sectors and I dont know why. So I write this software to copy files
which Windows can not copy.

How to Install:
You unzip all files into a folder and run "CD Reader.exe". This software needs .NET Framework 2.0 to run.
But if you want, you can try old C++ version of software which does not need .NET Framework 2.0 to run.
You can download that from http://sourceforge.net/projects/aekcdreader/

A little history of the software:
I developed this software in 2005 when I was studying computer science.
First and most complete version of this software was written in Borland C++ at that time. (I uploaded this 
version binary to file you can try it) But the code was very ugly so I want to implement same software in 
C# with a clean start. But I was only be able to develop some parts of it in C# which are ASPI layer and 
juliet file system. At least these are the most important parts of software so I think improving the 
software will be easier for everyone.But I could not finish most of the GUI, so most options 
in GUI do not change anything.

In current status program can read cd/dvds, copy selected files from them and can eject/load CDs.

Everyone is invited to improve this software. I am releasing C# source code with GPL license.

You can use Visual C# 2010 Express to develop. I think with a little bit tinkering this software can work
in any version. Because it does not use any think fancy or new. I write most of the code in VC# 2003 anyway.

Note: This is my first open source project so I am very excited.
Also I must say that English is not my first language, so sorry :)
Source: readme.txt, updated 2010-01-17