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5 great free CD and DVD burning apps for Windows
Since most of my recording tasks involve ISO files or burning entire folders as a backup, ImgBurn has become my app of choice. It's small and easy to use, and I've yet to produce a coaster with it. It's also a great tool for creating ISO files - either from a disc or files and folders on your PC.
ImgBurn also gets bonus points for the random comments that appear in status bar.
See the rest after the jump!
If you prefer a more Nero-style experience but can do without all the bloat, CDBurner Xp is a great option. Apart from burning pretty much any kind of project, you can also use CDB to create covers and burn Lightscribe artwork to your discs. It also now supports Blu-ray and HD-DVD formats. It's very easy to use even for non-technical types (read: I install this on my friends' and parents' systems).
InfraRecorder
InfraRecorder has been part of the Portable Apps suite for a long time, and with good reason. It's an excellent burning application that can handle just about any type of project. It is, of course, totally portable so it's a perfect tool to cart around on your flash drive.
Running 64-bit Windows? There are also native x64 versions of both the installer and portable versions of Infrarecorder.
You've gotta love the "Smoking Aero" demo video - check it out on their screenshots page.
ExpressBurn packs a lot of functionality into a sub-400Kb download. In addition to creating data and audio discs and ISO files, it can also copy discs and burn video DVD and Blu-Ray/HD-DVD data discs. Volume normalization is supported on audio CDs.
If you just want a tool to burn ISO files, this is as simple as it gets. Burn CDCC is portable and supports CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray image files. It's totally portable and only takes up 150Kb of disk space. Browse for your ISO, choose the burner you want to use, and press start. That's all there is to it.
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Subscribe to commentsder_tuxmanApr 28th 2009 1:33PM
IMHO CD/DVD Burning is really missing here. Even more lightweight.
http://ghosthunter.gh.funpic.de/tools.htm
Alex MApr 28th 2009 3:22PM
I did not know about the comments in ImgBurn's status bar! That's it, I'm switching to it.
rothgarApr 28th 2009 5:26PM
I am so glad I have gotten out of the habit of burning CD's. I have some extra USB drives that I keep around for when I need files on a different machine. I have my main USB drive with my "normal" apps and documents. Then I have 1 disk for vista/7/PE installs, 1 for Linux installs, and 1 for misc files. Between these 4 USB sticks I figure I will never need to burn another CD/DVD again. And now I am looking to get rid of my CD/DVD drives in all my computers. My tablet already doesn't have a drive, and next year my laptop won't either.
Fred ThompsonApr 28th 2009 9:24PM
Uh...yeah...and 64K is enough memory for anyone...
DVD storage costs half that of drives and is far more shock resistant. Start collecting audio or video and you'll see why write-once is generally a far more efficient storage method.
Hard to stuff a hard drive into a DVD player, too. A very small percentage support USB drives...a very small percentage.
Ever travel? Better to take backup disc media so if it's lost or damaged, you still have the original. Most rental cars and a lot of hotel room have CD or DVD players. USB ports? Yeah...right.
Much cheaper to burn a disc and mail it to Grandma for her to put in a DVD player than to ship her your hard drive, too.
rothgarApr 28th 2009 10:54PM
whoa, what usb drive got stuck in your butt and died?
JaffarnApr 29th 2009 4:28AM
and on the other hand ....
USB sticks are becoming increasingly popular as there capacity increases and flash memory read/write cycles is progressing at a great pace...
Also your comment "64K is enough memory for anyone" is akin to "Blu-ray's have heaps of space".
Last nail in the coffin... USB 3.0 ...ten times increase in transfer times... 5.0Gbits/sec
Flash memory is the way of the future.
:)
someguyrunningMay 8th 2009 12:32PM
Well, Fred Thompson is our little man of the past here, lol...
someguyrunningMay 8th 2009 12:37PM
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/ABC_finds_Fred_Thompson_dumb_as_1009.html
Rodrigo P. GhedinApr 28th 2009 4:12PM
Nice tips, but you forgot a very good one: BurnAware. Despite it has paid versions, the free one is pretty good, and overcomes all my needs.
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AsgaroApr 29th 2009 8:29AM
True, also wanted to add BurnAware Free to this list!
It's a very neat app and it's all about simplicity.
It also gets updates quite frequently.
kidostephApr 28th 2009 5:23PM
This is great!
MikeApr 28th 2009 9:24PM
It isn't strictly a file burner, and is only compatible with ISO, but I've found DVD Decrypter to be a more than decent burner. It's lightweight and works with the only image format I really use on my Windows based systems, ISO. As for the Macintosh, why spend money on an ISO burner when Disk Utility does it free?
DJDerrickEApr 29th 2009 10:55PM
Imgburn is made by the same person who made DVD Decrypter.
MikeApr 30th 2009 7:20AM
Really? That's awesome! More reason to try it :)
idodialogApr 28th 2009 9:37PM
ImgBurn - is it a coincidence that I have NEVER had a bad burn (coaster) in several years? I've tried a lot of the "competition" with mixed results but ImgBurn is a beautifully built tool with simplicity up front and complexity hidden (but available) behind.
I'm not a CD/DVD/Blueray techie, but I just have the sense that this software really knows what it's doing.
A slightly bigger UI and a bit of UI polish might make this the best bit of software (free or otherwise) available.
TheHubApr 29th 2009 10:37AM
I've used both CDBurner Xp and Burnaware Free and found the latter a much simpler piece of software to use. It is also a lot faster than CDBurner Xp, when loading files to burn.
Lynn LUMay 2nd 2009 11:18PM
For Mac users:
Mac DVD Burner is also a cool burning software for Mac users
http://www.dvdburnermacosx.com/mac-dvd-creator.html?page=129
BugMeNotMay 10th 2009 12:30PM
StarBurn is also a freeware, but not open source
http://download.cnet.com/StarBurn/3000-2646_4-10761014.html
DrewskyMay 26th 2009 9:04PM
I started using DeepBurner years ago and found it to work fine. Is DeepBurner still well regarded?
I tried ImgBurn the other day and really like it...probably will switch, but DeepBurner has been good to me.
sanjun228Jun 30th 2009 5:47AM
I really need to point out a cool dvd burner software named dvd creator,know more it from the link below:
http://www.mac-dvd-software.com/mac-dvd-creator.html#131