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LightScribe-free software burn labels

http://www.lightscribe.com/downloadSection/windows/index.aspx

> LIGHTSCRIBE SYSTEM SOFTWARE (LSS)

Required to enable LightScribe functionality.

Labeling Software

> LIGHTSCRIBE TEMPLATE LABELER
A free Labeling application that uses predesigned templates to quickly and easily create full disc labels.

> LIGHTSCRIBE SIMPLE LABELER
A free and simple Labeling application. Perfect for getting 

FinalBurner- burn data audio and video disks to CD DVDs

http://www.protectedsoft.com/products.php

FinalBurner is a freeware alternative to expensive CD and DVD burners. You can create data, audio, and video disks and burn them onto any type of media, such as CD R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, and DVD DL. No tedious or confusing configuration needed. You just select a few main settings and start burning. FinalBurner's artificial intelligence will find the perfect recording balance.
Main features:

– Burn Data CD/DVD (CD R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD DL, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, etc.)
– Autorun menu designer
– Burn Audio CD (Import *.wav; *.mp3; *.ogg; *.mid; *.wma; *.aac; *.mp4; *.m4a; *.xm; *.mod; *.s3m; *.it; *.mtm; *.mo3 audio files.)
– Burn Video DVD (Import AVI, DIVX, XVID, MP4, MPG, WMV, ASF, MOV, FLV, etc. Capture from Web cam, TV tuner, DV, etc.)
– AudioCd Ripper
– 100% freeware – no adware or spyware 

Drive Manager-manage cd dvd usb harddrives

http://www.alexnolan.net/software/driveman.htm

If you have lots of drive letters of different types of drives, such as mapped network drives, thumb drive (USB memory sticks), smart media and compact flash, CD-ROM and DVD then this utility is perfect to help you manage them.Using Drive Manager to Identifying Which Drive is Which.Drive Manager has been written to help you easily identify drives which are of the same type. As well as displaying the volume label it also displays vendor information so that multiply CD/DVD drives and removable drives such as USB thumb drives can be differentiated by their manufacturers name, version and revision date. Also the serial number can be seen as a unique ID for each drives.

Express Burn Free-free CD burning software application

http://www.nch.com.au/burn/index.html

Express Burn Disc Burning Software
Burn Audio CDs and Data CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray Discs
Express Burn is a free CD burning software application that lets you create and record audio and data CDs on Windows or Mac.

Our free CD burning software lets you record data or audio discs quickly and easily by dragging the files you want onto the icon and clicking Burn CD. The software then does the rest, including converting the files if required. Express Burn is also the fastest CD/DVD writing program in the world using proprietary optimizing systems. But don't believe us, try it for yourself.

    Download Express Burn CD Burner for Windows (Free Version)

This CD recording software is free.

We make Express Burn free in the hope you will like it so much you will decide to upgrade to Express Burn Plus. The Plus version includes Video DVD burning and the ability to burn Data DVD and Blu-ray discs. It has advanced features like the ability to create and record ISO images and support for many more file formats. You can download the Express Burn Plus demo or purchase Express Burn Plus online. 

DAEMON Tools Lite-CD/DVD emulation

http://www.daemon-help.com/

DAEMON Tools Lite is a lightweight and powerful application for CD/DVD emulation. It allows running games from backup copies as if the original disc were inserted.
In order to run backup copies you need to create appropriate image files of your original cd/dvd discs with software creating such appropriate images (e.g. DAEMON Tools Pro ).

DAEMON Tools Lite is a virtual DVD-ROM emulator based on a SCSI miniport driver. It emulates maximum 4 DVD-ROM drives and works with CD/DVD images created by many burning programs. It is great on notebooks without a physical CD-/DVD-ROM drive or to save akku power and speed up CD/DVD access. In opposite to other CD-/DVD-ROM emulators DAEMON Tools Lite doesn't use a proprietary container format. The advantage is that you can burn the images you're using with DAEMON Tools Lite right away or just test an image before burning it to see if it was created correctly. DAEMON Tools Lite works with most image formats. Moreover it has a special feature to make physical (burned) backups of your CD/DVD images when it is possible. It supports MDS format (MDF/MDS Files) and RMPS Media! It's also great if you want to save Power on your Notebook.

Folder2Iso-creates an iso from any kind of folder

http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareFolder2Iso.php?b2=1

Its a GUI of mkisofs.No need of installation , really small exe.
Some of you can say : "What is the point of this tool? Seems useless."
Well dvddecrypter/imgburn can burn cd/dvd for free so if you make an iso easily you can burn your movies on cds/dvd for free. It is also usefull for the dvd2avi guide …
So : dvddecrypter/imgburn + Folder2Iso combine an totaly freeware burning kit for all kinds of avi/ogm/mkv !

DVD neXt COPY iTurns FREE – convert itunes to mp3

http://www.dvdnextcopyiturns.com/DVDneXtCOPY_iTurns_FREE.html

DVD neXt COPY iTurns FREE is a revolutionary new, easy to use, iTunes conversion software. It is the neXt generation of audio conversion software that will turn all of the music in your iTunes library into MP3

Copy Cat-skip the bytes which are not readable on CD and DVDs

http://www.vcsoftwares.com/cc.html

Copy Cat 2.0 actually skip the bytes which are not readable from file and copy all other bytes therefore it extracts max data which is normally not done by windows copy operation. Copy Cat can be helpful at times when you want to copy a CD or DVD which is scratched,when you want to copy data from harddisk area which is partially not readable , when you want to copy data from floppy which is currently not being copied by windows .So download and enjoy.

#     Copies your oldest collection of CDs and DVDs
# It even tries to copy a highly damaged media byte by byte
# It gives you the option to skip the bytes if bad area found
# It is a very fast data recovery tool
# It also tries to copy damaged files on your hard disk
# Unlike Windows copy operation it does not stop the copy if bad area found

Copy Cat can be of great use to people who think their old memories are garbage now, try using this product to recover data and it will not disappoint you. Please note that a physically damaged disk area cannot be copied in any case but if such comes between a big file then it can be skipped so that atleast some data is recovered. 

ISO Recorder – burn create CD and DVD images on vista

http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

Welcome to the ISO Recorder download page. ISO Recorder is a tool (power toy) for Windows XP, 2003 and now Windows Vista, that allows (depending on the Windows version) to burn CD and DVD images (DVD support is only available on Windows Vista), copy disks, make images of the existing data CDs and DVDs and create ISO images from a content of a disk folder.

ISO Recorder has been conceived during Windows XP beta program, when Microsoft for the first time started distributing new OS builds as ISO images. Even though the new OS had CD-burning support (by Roxio), it did not have an ability to record an image. ISO Recorder has filled this need and has been one of the popular Windows downloads ever since.

With an advent of Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 the version 2 of ISO Recorder has been released, which introduced some new features including ISO image creation and support for non-admin user.

Finally, in Windows Vista it became possible to address another long-standing request and provide DVD burning capability.

Since the very beginning ISO Recorder has been a free tool (for personal use). It is recommended by MSDN download site along with Easy CD and Nero and is used by a number of companies around the world.

Totally Free Burner

http://www.dandans.com/TotallyFreeBurner.htm

Burn Audio CD using mp3, wma, ogg and wav files
Burn VideoCD from Mpeg1 VCD files
Burn Data CD/DVD ISO9960 and Joliet (Multisession)
Burn Data CD/DVD UDF
Burn Video DVD from existing DVD files
Burn CD/DVD from BIN/ISO image directly

FEATURES
Support all current hardware interfaces (IDE/SCSI/USB/1394/SATA)
Burn Multi-Session or Disc-at-Once mode to ALL supported media formats
Support UDF/ISO9660/Joliet Bridged file systems (any combination)
Support UNICODE for multi-byte languages
On-the-fly burning for all image types (no staging to hard drive first)
Create Bootable data discs or images
Auto-verification of data images
Automatic selection of burn modes for Disc-at-Once operations (no special device knowledge required)

AutoRun Maker-create autorun for cds and usbs

http://highdesertsoftware.com/autorun.html

AutoRun Maker simplifies the process of creating autorun CD/DVD discs and USB drives. It supports all major functions supported in autorun.inf' file. Can add a custom icon for your removable media (i.e. CD/DVD discs and USB storage devices) Can add a label to show in explorer. Can add a file (either executable or document) to open automatically with necessary parameters & AutoPlay label. Can add additional shell commands to show on drive's context menu and sets the user selected command default which executes whenever the user double-clicks the drive icon in explorer. Automatically copies the icon to the drive if it is not present in the drive. Can create autorun configuration for a directory which can later be burnt to a disc or copied to a USB storage device. Autorun configuration can be saved for working on it later. Can add entry in context menu for all directories to easily select that drive or directory for making autorun configuration. Can enable or diable the Autorun feature of CD/DVD drives.  

CD Recovery Toolbox

http://www.oemailrecovery.com/  

CD Recovery Toolbox (download) tool was developed for recovering damaged files from different disk types: CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu-Ray, etc. You can use it to restore information lost as a result of some mechanical damage of the disk (scratches, chips, different spots on the surface) or as a result of incorrect recording. Thus, the program can recover data that was considered lost.

The CD Recovery Toolbox Free tool scans any CD and DVD disks and finds files and folders located there. We should mention that there can be some information on the disk that cannot be recovered. Not all of the files and folders can be found – that depends on the degree and location of the damage. Therefore, the CD Recovery Toolbox Free tool finds the possible maximum amount of information. After that, it shows a list of all files and folders available for recovery

CD2ISO is a simple CD/DVD ripper

http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~bfriesen/software/cd2iso.shtml  

CD2ISO is a simple CD/DVD ripper. It will allow you to easily rip any data CD/DVD into an ISO file. The ISO file can be saved on disk as a backup copy, or burned to another disc to make an identical copy of the original disc.

DVD Decrypter – create DVD backup disc images of the DVD

http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/  

DVD Decrypter is a software application that can create backup disc images of the DVD-Video structure of DVDs. It can be used to image any DVD, but is especially useful for decrypting copy-protected movies. The program can also burn images to disc. CSS decrypting software (such as DVD Decrypter, AnyDVD, Smartripper, and DVD Shrink) allows a region-specific DVD to be copied as an all-region DVD. It also removes Macrovision, Content Scrambling System (CSS), region codes, and user operation prohibition.

The program was once distributed as freeware, but is no longer legally available for distribution in certain jurisdictions.[1]

The burning engine is being used in a new program called ImgBurn. The disc images can be:

    * Viewed on the PC using software such as PowerDVD and WinDVD (WinDVD, however, can only view complete DVD-Video structures.)
    * Encoded to a smaller size and stripped of unwanted extras like film trailers with re-authoring tools like DVD Shrink and Nero Recode.
    * Burned onto optical media (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, and DVD-RAM) to produce discs playable in stand-alone/hardware DVD players.
    * Exported to VCD, SVCD, or DivX format and possibly recorded onto CD-R or CD-RW media.
    * Converted using 3rd Party software such as Videora iPod Converter to view DVDs on portable devices.

Burn4Free – free burning solution

http://www.burn4free.com/  

Burn4Free is the new free burning solution. Easy to use. Compatible with more than 3000 CD/DVD drives. Copy DVD. Burns data and audio from different files types (WAV, WMA, MP3, OGG, FLAC, WavPack and .CDA (Import from Digital Audio Disc File)) Burn/Save .ISO file. Verify content. Overburning. Import your audio compilation from .M3U and .ASX Plyalists.

CD-R / CD-RW / DVD-R / DVD+R / DVD-RW / DVD+RW / DVD-RAM drives (SCSI-IDE/EIDE-USB 1.0/2.0) are supported. Multi-languages. ISO support. DVD Dual Layer support. Print Compilation. Save/Load project from disk.

The 4 ways to burn a CD/DVD with Burn4Free:

   1. The Fly Window: a nice and very useful transparent window to drag & drop files to burn
   2. Right Click: use Burn4Free embedded menu by right clicking on each folder or file
   3. The Add Window: use Burn4Free internal File Manager
   4. Drag&Drop: drag your folder/file and drop into Burn4Free main window 

InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows

http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/ 

InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

Features

    * Create custom data, audio and mixed-mode projects and record them to physical discs as well as disc images.
    * Supports recording to dual-layer DVDs.
    * Blank (erase) rewritable discs using four different methods.
    * Record disc images (ISO and BIN/CUE).
    * Fixate discs (write lead-out information to prevent further data from being added to the disc).
    * Scan the SCSI/IDE bus for devices and collect information about their capabilities.
    * Create disc copies, on the fly and using a temporary disc image.
    * Import session data from multi-session discs and add more sessions to them.
    * Display disc information.
    * Save audio and data tracks to files (.wav, .wma, .ogg, .mp3 and .iso).

ImgBurn - lightweight CD – DVD – HD DVD – Blu-ray burning application

http://www.imgburn.com

ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!
It has several 'Modes', each one for performing a different task:

    * Read – Read a disc to an image file
    * Build – Create an image file from files on your computer or network – or you can write the files directly to a disc
    * Write – Write an image file to a disc
    * Verify – Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
    * Discovery – Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing

Free virtual CD-ROM drive from Microsoft

download.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2F7%2Fb%2F6%2F7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2%2Fwinxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe

It's the Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel. The download is a self-extracting archive that contains three files: the front end (VCdControlTool.exe), the virtual CD driver (VCdRom.sys), and a readme file. The latter contains the basic instructions for using the tool.

To understand how it works, you need to know about ISO files — a kind of disk image of a standard CD. Many large downloadable software packages (including most Linux distributions) are packaged as ISO files. These files contain not only the data that's on the original CD, but also information about how the CD is structured and formatted.

DVD Flick 1.2.0- Convert Video to DVD

http://www.dvdflick.net/

DVD Flick aims to be a tool to convert various PC video formats to a DVD that can be played on pretty much any standalone DVD player. It´s main target audience is people who know at least the basics about DVDs and video/audio files.DVD Flick is Open Source, meaning that anyone can download and view or modify the program´s source code. It also means that it is absolutely free of charge. Several external programs are used by DVD Flick to do the dirty work like encoding and combining of video material. All of these programs are free, some are Open Source too.

IsoPuzzle – Recover Data from DVD+CD

http://www.geocities.com/marsoupilamis/DocEnglish.htm

IsoPuzzle is designed to recover data from scratched and damaged DVD or CD media. Current support is for data disks only, so recovery of audio CDs is not supported. Specific disk types supported are those with 2048 byte sector size, which includes most common CD and DVD media. Any readable data is stored as an ISO image readable by any ISO drive mounting software. Additional support from the Nero WNASPI32.DLL is required in order to recover disks

DVD-Shrink – backup DVD discs

www.dvdshrink.org

You can use this software in conjunction with DVD burning software of your choice, to make a backup copy of any DVD video disc.

DVD Shrink will also burn your backup DVD, if you have installed the latest version of Nero or if you download CopytoDVD. You can also download a demo version of Nero here. If you already possess alternative burning software and prefer to stick with it, then you can still use DVD Shrink. The output from DVD Shrink can be saved as files on your hard drive, which you can then burn with software of your choice.

DVD Shrink is free software. You should never pay for DVD Shrink.

Specifications:

DVD Shrink – DVD Ripping and Backup
Latest Version – 3.2.0.15
Operating System Support – Windows 9x/2000/XP
License – Freeware

DVD Decrypter – highly versatile VOB-ripping utility

http://www.dvddecrypter.com/ 

DVD Decrypter is a highly versatile VOB-ripping utility. The software takes advantage of both the DeCSS Plus and VobDec algorithms for looking up and decrypting the CSS encryption. DVD Decrypter is also multi-angle aware, and capable of removing the Macrovision scrambling key, as well as the region code during the ripping process.

Burrn audio files onto CD

http://www.burrrn.net/?page_id=6

Burrrn does one thing well, and it does it for free, and that is burn audio files onto CDs. Burrrn knows how to decode ten different compressed audio formats, including Apple’s .aac, Monkey Audio’s .ape, .flac, .mp3, .ogg, and .shn.

Just drag them into Burrrn’s track list, and click the big “Burrrn” button. Burrrn makes some default adjustments to overall track and album levels as it creates temporary wave audio files and burns them to disc, but you can dig into the program’s settings to adjust these gain controls more exactly. If Burrrn turns out to be to your liking, the author would appreciate receiving a postcard.

CDBurnerXP Pro – freeware dvd-cd burner software

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/features.php

Create Data-CDs/DVDs
•    burn any Data on
o    CD-R/CD-RW/DVD+R/DVD-R/DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM/BD/HD-DVD, including
o    double layer mediums
•    burn mp3-CDs to store many audio files on one single disc
•    create bootable discs
•    verify written Data automatically after burning process
•    use either the internal browser to add your files or the intuitive
o    Drop-Box to drag and drop files directly from any Windows Explorer
o    window
•    save your compilations for creation of backups
•    burn on-the-fly and with buffer-underrun protections
•    import previous (ISO 9660) sessions and edit existing file
o    structure on CD/DVD
•    quick- and full-erase disc
•    copy data discs (possible copy-protection is /not/ bypassed)
•    retrieve recorder and disc information

  Create Audio-CDs
•    create Audio-CDs from mp3, wav, ogg, flac and wma files
•    add single or multiple tracks from existing audio-CDs directly to
o    your new compilation without ripping tracks before (add cda-files)
•    play audio-files with integrated audio player
•    gapless audio-CDs supported (disc-at-once-mode)
•    import M3U or WPL playlists

  ISO features
•    burn ISO files to CD
•    create your own ISO files
•    convert bin- and nrg-files to ISO
•    save CDs/DVDs as ISO file to disc

  Other features
•    simple cover printing feature for data- and audio-discs
•    supports most IDE, USB, Firewire and SCSI drives
•    integrated option to enable access to drive for restricted users
•    multi-language interface
•    online update

Mounting CD/DVD ISO images in Windows XP

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe

Well, I just found out there is a tiny free tool from Microsoft (though unsupported) that does just that: it is called "Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP" and it allows you to browse a CD/DVD iso image (.iso file) as if it was a real CD/DVD connected to your Windows XP system. The tool will assign a drive letter to the virtual CD (e.g. Z:) and from that moment on you will be able to access it, read-only, using all the normal utilities like Windows Explorer and from any program (e.g. File->Open).