Nowadays, free software has become more popular due to the economy. I personally use freeware because I do not have a bunch of money to spend on software. There are always free alternatives to any paid program out there. I also use freeware to burn my movies, music, or pictures. I have used some of the more popular products such as Nero and after the free trial; I decided not to spend a ton of money for it. I have found some good freeware programs that do what I need it to do without having to pay any money. Here are my top three free burning programs.
This is by far my favorite burning software. I never had a movie refuse to play even in old DVD players, and the music CD has always played and never skipped. Ashampoo Burning Studio has the ability to burn files or data on CD’s, DVD’s, and Blu-ray discs. This program can also burn audio discs from various audio formats to include WAV, MP3, FLAC, WMA, and Ogg Vorbis. Ashampoo can also copy DVD’s or CD’s erase CD-RW’s and DVD-RW’s, and burn images. One of the best features of Ashampoo is the ability to backup important data. Creating backups of important files can be a tedious task without an external hard drive. The backup feature in Ashampoo will create and compress data to use the least amount of discs possible.  Ashampoo Burning Studio can be installed on Windows Vista, XP and 2000.
- Burnaware Free Edition
I use to be an avid user of Burnaware until I discovered Ashampoo Burning Studio. Burnaware has similar features when compared to Ashampoo. It can burn files on CD’s, DVD’s, and Blu-ray discs, create boot disc images, and copy DVD’s and CD’s. One of the biggest problems I ran into with Burnaware was that sometimes the discs would not play in a DVD player or CD player. It had problems with various file formats too. Burnaware can be installed on any version of Windows.
- Deep Burner
Deep Burner was one of the first free programs I used to burn any of my files. Deep Burner had many problems burning various music formats and it does not have Blu-ray support. If you are looking for your basic burner with not a lot of features then Deep Burner is the way to go. Here are the features of Deep Burner, all the information came directly from the Deep Burner Website.
- You can easily create and burn regular data CDs/DVDs
- AudioCD recording functionality is included
- Direct disk-to-disk copying is a cinch*
- Quickly build and burn ISO Images
- Burning Video DVDs is no problem*
- Create awesome, personalized photo CD/DVD albums*
- Rest assured with the full-featured backup utility*
- CD/DVD burning from the command line for you pro’s*
- Drive and media information utility included*
- Supports IDE/EIDE, USB, SCSI, and Fire Wire CD/DVD writers
- Overburn function
- Buffer underrun technology “Burn-Proof”
- DAO, SAO and TAO Writing methods support
- Support for CD-R / CD-RW / DVD-R / DVD+R / DVD-RW / DVD+RW / DVD-RAM
- Create Multi-session CDs
- Bootable CD/DVD support
- Dynamically adjustable drive buffer size
- High Performance File/Disc Caching
- Supports Long File Name (Joliet) File Systems
- Creates ISO (100% DOS/Windows) compatible data CDs/DVDs
- Supports multiple simultaneous recorders
- Easy to use wizards help you create any type of burning project
- The Autorun Wizard makes it easy to create effective autoruns for your CDs
- You can even easily make your own cover, booklet or case insert
- Multi-language interface, of course
All the programs above will suite any users need. I have used all these programs and have found use with each one. Ashampoo is the program that I use for all my burning purposes because of the features and ease of use. The main thing is that all these programs are easy to use and most importantly, they are free.
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