CD/DVD Burning software

[FreakyFerret]

So, my Nero 6 has finally given up the ghost with Win7. Decided to ask here since I've found you lot to be one of the most knowledgable techs on the net.

What's a good, free, optical drive burning software package? I don't need it to do all sorts of stuff like mount extra drives, or handle my media for me (HATE NERO SCOUT). Just want a simple interface that lets me drop files on it, and then it burns them to CD/DVD for me. Kinda like Nero Express.

With that in mind, is the built in burning features of Windows 7 all I would need? I found Vista burning, while easy, to be too simplistic.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Mark]

Have a look here and you should find something useful.

 

[NosferatuX]

Well, there are several softwares you can use that are simple and worry free with Windows 7 and gives you a very minimalistic/simplistic approach to burning/compiling CD/DVD media. A few are the following;

PowerISO
MagicISO
Ultra ISO

Cheers

 

[FreakyFerret]

Thanks guys. The PowerISO and such line isn't really what I need. They don't offer burning capability, just ISO manipulation and drive emulation.

I went with ImgBurn. Tested on my Win7 64x machine. Seems to be doing great. I'm going to have to teach my users how to use Windows Media Player's burn feature though since it won't burn audio CDs.

 

[NosferatuX]

Thanks guys. The PowerISO and such line isn't really what I need. They don't offer burning capability, just ISO manipulation and drive emulation..

Are you sure?

I've been using PowerISO for almost two months now with Windows 7 and have burned tons of DVDs. That's weird :huh:

I'm glad you found your match though.

Cheers

 

[sevsman]

Starburn is a damn good bit of software, and best of all, just like you asked for, it's absolutely free....


*Edit*

Thanks for the link Grim.. Ratdvd looks to be great for my storage needs.

 

[Nikko]

I don't like Nero, too, for its overloaded and complicated functionality. For CD burning I use Audio CD Burner Studio, it is easy to use, records MP3, WMA, WAV files to CD, has a very useful CD-Text feature that reads information about artists, albums, titles, thus naming them appropriately.

 

[codebreaker]

Works fine for me

Try using Roxio Creator 2009. It works fine after installation of SP4 patch. Haven't had a problem on Windows 7 x86 Build 7137.

 

[chessian]

Thanks guys, this post is very helpful for me too.

 

[swarfega]

cant beat ImgBurn and CDBurnerXP tbh.

 

[John Henry]

cdburnerxp works fine!

 

[tony roma]

cdburnerxp!

great app and it's free!

 

[patio]

cant beat ImgBurn and CDBurnerXP tbh.

Ditto.

 

[garylisk]

Sorry to necropost.

I must point out that cdburnerxp made my drive disappear, and I had to uninstall it and follow direction on the windows 7 site to make my drive come back.

For those of you who have installed cdburnerxp on Windows 7 and had no trouble, consider yourselves lucky. From what I read, this is a problem with some burning software out there. I had to uninstall it and delete some registry entries.

 

[Cindy]

Hi

Im using IMGburn with no probs, very easy to use and as you know its freeware !

 

[akash3656]

Using my trusty nero 8 LITE from www.softpedia.com... It works WITH some issues in 7 with UI in the nero express program... LINK: Download Nero 8 Lite 8.3.13.0 Build 1.19.0.1 Free Trial - A custom created installer for the main Nero Burning Rom applications - Softpedia Problem is you need a key... or it will run for 15 days... You can PM me for a key... don't mind sharing

 

[pparks1]

I'm using CDBurnerXP with my installs of Windows 7 and have not experienced any problems whatsoever with the the drive disappearing. The only build that I have used is the officially 7100 RC1 64-bit...so I guess there could be something going on with other builds.

I haven't used the "kitchen sink" apps like Nero and Roxio for quite some time now. WAY too bloated.

 

[banderz777]

Sorry to necropost.

I must point out that cdburnerxp made my drive disappear, and I had to uninstall it and follow direction on the windows 7 site to make my drive come back.

For those of you who have installed cdburnerxp on Windows 7 and had no trouble, consider yourselves lucky. From what I read, this is a problem with some burning software out there. I had to uninstall it and delete some registry entries.

I used it in 7232 build and had a problem also, would not load my DVD at all so I used imgburn and never had a problem.

 

[Lebon14]

I'm using Nero LITE too. I miss so much the Nero 5/6 days. I wouldn't mind sharing my Nero LITE too.

 

[Craighq]

y nero 9 not workin in windows 7..7600?can sum 1 help mi plzzzzz