Anyone know of how you can run G2 without the CD in the computer?

My understanding is that if you get the latest patches the CD swapping becomes much less frequent, however you still do need it.

Virtual CD by H+H software.
I don't have the website anymore. It costs $40 but you can try it out for 30 days free.

I won't get into the details, but G2 uses a pretty serious protection scheme. I don't think Virtual CD is going to be of much use to you there.

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