ImgBurn: Free CD/DVD image burning for Windows

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ImgBurn: Free CD/DVD image burning for Windows

by Brad Linder Dec 21st 2007

Looking a way to burn a disc image to a CD or DVD but don't want to shell out the money for a copy of Nero? ImgBurn is a free Windows app that does just what it's name would suggest: it burns images. You can also use it to create images from CDs or files on your computer.

ImgBurn isn't the only game in town. CDBurnerXP or InfraRecorder are also both free, and they also support burning images to a disc. Both programs are also a bit easier to use if you want to create a compilation, audio CD, or pretty much anything other than a disc image. But ImgBurn's focus on disc images makes it ideal if you're happy with the built in Windows XP/Vista disc burning utilities, but simply need a solution for burning ISO, NRG, or BIN files to disc.

[via AppScout]

Tags: cd-burner, CDBurnerXP, disc-image, ImgBurn, InfraRecorder

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kip said 2:53PM on 12-21-2007

BurnCDCC is only a 70kb download - no bells and whistles though
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html

MrKniceGuy said 5:39PM on 12-21-2007

IMG Burn is great. I've made a couple of $$ Dual Layer coasters with Nero 6 but IMG always burns great. I use it to burn .iso and .nrg files I've created with other programs. The options are great as I can tell it to delete the image after a successful burn. I love that!

Mark said 7:04PM on 12-21-2007

No bells and whistles is right. BurnCDCC supports what, one format? Sorry but I wouldn't waste the 70kb of disk space for that pitiful program.

ImgBurn is excellent for the times you just want to write an image without opening a huge program, and it supports plenty of formats. Also allows you to create images, not bad at all.

BurnOn said 7:06PM on 12-21-2007

BurnON Cd/DVD is also another free img and cd/dvd burner. http://www.burnworld.com/burnoncddvd Pretty good

temp said 9:06PM on 12-21-2007

That's the spitting image of dvd decryptor up there.

Dinesh said 7:38AM on 12-22-2007

I was just about to say the same thing. Reminded me just of DVD Decryptor.

Mark said 7:40AM on 12-22-2007

Well there's a pretty good reason they look alike, they were both made by the same person.

Naser Hossain said 7:45AM on 12-22-2007

I've used ImgBurn before. Although I do find the lack of several features a bit disappointing, still ImgBurn served my basic purpose...that of burning disk-images without encountering any errors :P Its a nifty app, definitely worth trying out.

bugmenot said 8:03AM on 12-23-2007

ImgBurn doesn't just burn disc images. Go to the Mode menu and switch to Build mode to create "compilations." It can also burn authored DVD video files.The only thing ImgBurn can't do is create audio CDs, but that's better handled by your music program such as iTunes, WMP, or something else.

Shane said 9:57PM on 1-29-2008

will this program let me burn just regular program files?

Windows media won't let me

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