Use CD/DVD/BD Remotely with Paragon Net Burner

If you don't have a CD/DVD burner installed in your PC but you are using a networked PC, now with Paragon Net Burner, you can easily “share” a CD/DVD/BD burner at another computer over the network and remotely make a CD/DVD/BD recordable device available for you. The software is offered as free. This solution is extremely helpful for notebook users without CD/DVD/BD burning devices on board. Sharing a HD-DVD/BD device across the network also reduces equipment costs.

Ashampoo Music Studio 4: An All-in-One Audio Manager with Modern Interface: Review & Giveaway

Today everyone has some music collection and that often needs editing, conversion, maintenance etc. A number of softwares are available that cover up different aspects of audio management but Ashampoo Music Studio is such a tool that has everything under the same roof. The latest version 4 brings some more feature: a completely redesigned, uncluttered, modern interface, extraction of audio from video, audio mixing and better launch and conversion speed. The software is pretty easy to use and is properly engineered to target basic home users. According to the developer,

You like music? You own a computer? Then you definitely need Ashampoo Music Studio 4. This latest edition has everything required to create, edit, design and produce your music while providing a simple, straightforward user interface. If you know how to operate a CD player you will know how to operate Ashampoo Music Studio 4.

Free Any Burn: An Advanced CD, DVD, Blu-Ray Burner and Disk Image Manager - Review

In spite of the popularity of USB drives as a media of data transfer, CD, DVD, Blu-Ray are still being used widely. Although Windows come with a basic software to burn data to CD / DVD, you will need third party software for creation of advanced disks; Music CD, Bootable disk, Movie DVD etc. I have wrote posts on two such software gBurner and Free CD DVD Burner. Today I will write about another alternative Free Any Burn which does the same job along with basic management of Disk Image Files. This software is from the same developer as WinArchiver and gBurner. The software can Burn files/folders, image files to disk, Create Audio CD, Copy disk to another disk or as an image file, Erase Re-writable disk, View Disk & Drive information, Create Image file from files/folders and Convert Image file formats.

ISO to USB Creates Bootable USB from Bootable ISO

Yesterday, I needed to format my Windows partition due to unavoidable problems. But since my DVD drive was causing problems I had to choose USB as the installation medium. Installation from USB is advantageous mainly because it is reliable over CD/DVD and its access speed it much high. I had a image file of the installation disk in my hard disk and the problem was to write that ISO file to an USB. As I mentioned before GBurner has such features, but I searched a while for an alternate standalone solution and found a tiny software named ISO to USB. The developer says,

ISO to USB is a free and small software that can burn the ISO image file directly to the USB drives, these USB drives include USB flash drives, memory sticks and other USB storage devices, it also supports to create a bootable USB disk with Windows operating systems.

Free CD DVD Burner is an Ideal CD/DVD burning toolbox

Few days ago I wrote about gBurner that is able to do the necessary burning operation of data files and multimedia files along with some additional operations, Today its turn for Free CD DVD Burner from FreeAudioVideo Software that does similar essential and advanced jobs that suites the need for both basic and advanced user. According to the developer

Free CD DVD Burner is a powerful CD/DVD burning toolbox. It contains many tools to burn data or media CD/DVD, rip audio CD, erase disc, create and burn ISO image. This application is a one-for-all solution for authoring CDs and DVDs. All the tools included operate in wizard mode - even if you are a novice, you can manage to use them efficiently through the easy guide of the wizard. A few clicks can get you just what you need!

uRex Free DVD Ripper is an Ideal Solution to Rip Movie DVD

Earlier today I wrote about BDlot DVD ISO Master which can backup DVD as ISO image. Now I will tell you about ripping Movie DVD using uRexsoft Free DVD Ripper.

Wikipedia says

Ripping is the process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk, typically from removable media

But normally DVD rippers can copy/or and convert then contents of a Movie DVD as a Movie file, i.e. it will not copy all the associated folders in it. uRexsoft DVD Ripper from uRexsoft is a smart solution to select not only DVD but also DVD Folders and ISO files that can be created via DVDSmith Movie Backup and BDlot DVD ISO Master respectively. According to the developer

uRex DVD Ripper is powerful enough to rip your DVD disc, ISO image and DVD folder to various video & audio formats like: MPEG, AVI, Xvid, FLV, F4V, WMV, ASF, 3GP, MOV, M4V, MPG, HD MKV, HD MP4, HD VOB and other HD Video files etc. on your Windows 8 (64 & 32 bit) machine as well as Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP.

BDlot DVD ISO Master can Backup DVD as ISO, Burn ISO to DVD and Mount ISO

For movie lovers I have wrote previously an article on DVDSmith Movie Backup, which is able to copy the contents of a Movie DVD in your hard disk. Both unencrypted and copy-protected DVDs can be copied with that software. Today I will be writing about another software called BDlot DVD ISO Master from LotSoft which can backup DVD, but not through copying its contents but by backing it up as an ISO file. Of course it can backup copy-protected DVDs. The software can also burn any ISO file to DVD. It is also able to mount ISO files to virtual drive just like gBurner Virtual Drive or WinArchiver Virtual Drive.

RimhillEx can manage Maximum CD-ROM Speed

Often we keep CD/DVD in drives for later use. But that is bad for the lifetime of both CD/DVD and the drive because by default even unused ROMs rotate at maximum speed when kept in drives. Moreover the rotating sound of the ROM may be annoying to some. So, it's better not to keep CD/DVD in drives while you are not using it. But, if you are not interested in changing you habits, here is a solution for you. Use RimhillEx from CompSoft. It is a software that can manage the rotating speed of CD/DVD when placed in drives thus significantly reduces sound and increases lifetime of ROMs.

gBurner is an Advanced CD/DVD/BD Burning Software: Review and Giveaway

Recently I wrote about gBurner Virtual Drive from Power Software. I came to know that gBurner is actually developed by the same company who develops WinArchiver. They are just two different teams.

gBurner is the main shareware from Power Software. According to them:

gBurner is a powerful and easy-to-use CD/DVD/BD burning software, which allows you to create data, audio and video CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, make bootable data discs, create multisession discs. gBurner is also a disc image file processing software, which allows you to open, create, edit, extract, convert and burn disc image files.

gBurner Virtual Drive can Quickly Mount Image Files

Few days ago I wrote about WinArchiver Virtual Drive which can mount both archives and image files as virtual drives. Today I will write about another software gBurner Virtual Drive from Power Software, which does similar job but cannot mount archives. According to the developer:

The real CD/DVD discs are easily scratched, they can get broken, lost, and even stolen. Partner with gBurner, Your original games/program discs can be safely stored away, gBurner mean that you always have your expensive media stored safely as CD/DVD image file on your hard drive, and use them with virtual drive just like using the original discs. At the office: Program discs and many other applications generally require the original disc to be in the computer's CD/DVD-ROM drive. This restricts the amount of people in your office who can have access to the same software at the same time without the cost of additional discs. gBurner virtual drives resolve that problem for you. No more hunting around the offices for that elusive disc you need to run your application, everything you require is just a click away.

Copy and Backup Movie DVD with Free DVDSmith Movie Backup

Many of you must have collection of Movie DVDs or DVD albums of your favorite bands. You must have thought of taking a backup of those DVDs in your hard drive. So here is an useful software for you, DVDSmith Movie Backup.

WinArchiver Virtual Drive: A Small Tool to Mount All Popular Archives and Disk Images

Archive files are the most popular way to distribute a number of files at once. I normally deal with a large number of archives containing documents and softwares. What I hate to do is to unarchive those files because most of the times the files are not useful for later use and I end up with two copies of the files: archived one and unarchived one. I know I can delete the archives but I am too lazy to do so, LOL. But some times without unarchiving, things do not work properly, for example softwares that come as an archives.

So, WinArchiver Virtual Drive is a solution for my fellows like me. It is a Virtual CD/DVD ROM utility that can mount not only all popular CD/DVD image files, but also all popular archives. Since it is virtual it works many times faster than traditional cd/dvd rom drive.