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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Petrarch of the VBB on October 24, 2002, 01:16:20 pm

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on October 24, 2002, 01:16:20 pm

Anyone know of any decent free- or shareware CD burning software? I was going to download a trial of Nero but its about 12 meg, so thats out the window. any suggestions?

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Stunaep on October 24, 2002, 01:30:45 pm

one good thing is, if you need rewriting copy-protected cds (no warez here, just in for backup, etc.) is CloneCd http://www.elby.de/CloneCD/english/download.htm
(can't find the page link right now).

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Stealth on October 24, 2002, 05:12:51 pm

go with NERO

www.nero.com

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: demon442 on October 24, 2002, 09:12:52 pm

Get the blind write suite.  Search for it on google, and make sure that you don't pay for it:devil:.

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Shrike on October 24, 2002, 09:44:35 pm

If by 'don't' you mean 'do' then sure.

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: diamondgeezer on October 24, 2002, 09:51:37 pm

At the risk of being *****slapped by Shrike, you can try www.gamecopyworld.com - but like the disclaimer says, IT'S ONLY FOR PEOPLE MAKING BACKUPS OF LEGALLY OWNED DISCS. As long as that's what you're doing, they've got excellent linkage to various burning tools, as well as other handy gubbinz.

Just remember - LEGAL BACKUP COPIES ONLY. WAREZ ARE BAD!

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Shrike on October 24, 2002, 10:05:42 pm

I don't care about people burning stuff, it's a popular method of backing stuff up.  But there should be free writers out there, demos and whatnot, so people posting about 'making sure not to pay for it' are just asking for it.

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Stryke 9 on October 24, 2002, 10:46:22 pm

Whatever you do, don't use Adaptec/Roxio software. The damn thing just killed ANOTHER CD,  maybe the tenth of eleven attempts to use the bleeding thing since the last crash. The one other one was when I did it via rather unusual means, too.

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: EdrickV on October 25, 2002, 02:16:21 am

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Originally posted by Stryke 9
Whatever you do, don't use Adaptec/Roxio software. The damn thing just killed ANOTHER CD,  maybe the tenth of eleven attempts to use the bleeding thing since the last crash. The one other one was when I did it via rather unusual means, too.

I've never burned a coaster with Easy CD Creator 4. But it's not freeware. (Direct CD + CD-RW's is cool. 650MB diskettes. :D)

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Fineus on October 25, 2002, 02:24:30 am

Nero gets my vote - the wizard is easy as hell to use but you can get more in depth with it as well. I've also heard good things about Clone CD but I've never tried it...

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Gortef on October 25, 2002, 02:39:14 am

Clone CD is a great utility for making backup copies...

I use FantomCD nowdays though (I was lucky to win a contest and receive a free reg code :D). FCD copies, makes images and reads them so sometimes I don't even have to use my CD's (it's a bit faster)

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Neon on October 25, 2002, 05:13:47 am

Go for clone-cd, or get nero and go to THE MONKEY KING to get a crack for it!

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Tiara on October 25, 2002, 05:17:05 am

You might want to edit the above statement ASAP...

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: vyper on October 25, 2002, 06:26:02 am

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Originally posted by Tiara
You might want to edit the above statement ASAP...

Meh - main questions been answered - the admins can do wot they want now really. Twas a bit silly on his part though.

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Fineus on October 25, 2002, 09:42:04 am

Kids, links to crack websites = bad. Learn.

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Stealth on October 25, 2002, 10:29:37 am

Nero still gets my vote... you can do anything with Nero that you can do with all other programs, and it comes with a 30 day trial... so if you like it you can buy it, and if you don't... well, you got to use it free for 30 days :D

but seriously, you can do ANYTHING... from mixed data/audio, to data, video CD, etc.

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: CP5670 on October 25, 2002, 10:49:38 am

I just use the Adaptec thing that came with my drive; it works reasonably well. :D

Title: CD Burning utils
Post by: Fury on October 25, 2002, 11:28:26 am

Adaptec/Roxio softwares plainly suck. They have caused more trouble or headaches than anything else. :mad:

Nero and InCD is mostly what you need.
But I am also using CloneCD and CDRWIN.

Daemon-Tools is good think to have too. It's an application for advanced copy protection emulation with an implemented virtual DVD ROM drive.

You need links? Use Google. :p