Burn CD Images with free ImgBurn
Free software ImgBurn for Windows
If you have ever downloaded a linux distro like Ubuntu or a LiveCD utility kit like Trinity Rescue Kit, you find that most of them come in ISO image format. An ISO is a CD image that is ready to be burned to disc. Instead of giving you dozens or even hundreds of files and folders to manage, organize, and burn to CD or DVD, an ISO gives you the folders and files in a nice neat package.
Once you have an ISO image, what do you do with it? The two best options are to mount it using a virtual drive software package like Daemon Tools (I’ll have to write an article about Daemon Tools, it’s awesome). Or you could burn it to media using a disc burning software package.
If you computer does not already come with something like Nero or Roxio, I would highly recommend you download ImgBurn. Honestly, I have ditched software like Nero and Roxio because it has become too bloated which makes it slow to use. It will easily burn image files to CD and DVD. Not only will it burn ISO files, it will also burn BIN/CUE files, IMG files, and much more.
You can also create image files from discs. Let’s say you want to copy a friends version of Ubuntu (or other totally legal software), but don’t have a spare blank CD or DVD laying around. You just pop in the media, create image file from their disc, and burn the image file to CD or DVD at a later date that is convenient for you.
ImgBurn also has the option to burn files to media. I personally have only used ImgBurn for images. If I need to make an audio CD or burn files to a DVD, I will use another great free software package called CDBurnerXP Pro.
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