The file gdtask.exe, nown as VirtualDrive VDTask, belongs to software VirtualDrive Personal by FarStone Technology. VirtualDrive Personal is CD/DVD emulation software for Windows that creates an ISO image of the CD/DVD disks, placing these images in the hard drive. The emulated CD/DVD images are mounted as virtual CD or DVD drives that can be played like the physical disc. The user of this application can mount and use disc images as if they were real disc, avoiding the actual use of real CDs and DVDs. this reduces the potential wear and tear on the discs, as well as the damages on the CD/DVD drive. This program can open popular disc image file types such as iso, cue, bin, nrg, mds, img, and many other image file formats. Users of this emulation software benefit from the increased speed rate and access rate. VirtualDrive Personal will not work with digitally protected media

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. gdtask.exe. is used by VirtualDrive Personal, If you shut down gdtask.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop gdtask.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is VirtualDrive Personal, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed gdtask.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as VirtualDrive Personal, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if gdtask.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that gdtask.exe, belongs to, in this case VirtualDrive Personal