nero 9 bloatware

...and while i am looking thoough the event viewer PhotoSnapViewer.exe errors are there. i've had a look though the registry and ther must be at least 1000 entries for nero i have used an old version for a long time (only the burning bit) but am trying v9. it is incredibly bloated for what i use.
all i want is a simple burnng cd/dvd's and sometimes images.
even when i make dvd movie compilations i always have the option of images.
anything lightweight and free? does windows 7 have that built in?

 

When was Nero good? You might want to give ImgBurn a try and it's free.

 

Windows 7 can burn .iso image files. You don't any software.

 

i stopped using nero 2 years ago
for movies i use convertxtodvd << its not free

for anything else i use ashampoo burning studio FREE VERSION but it offer burning movies images music iso images etc

 

ok, just gave ImgBurn a try, yep, thats all i need. sweeet. 2.62mb installed, i can live with that
actually Kalim, my old nero 6 was good from win 98 days when windows couldnt handle images etc, it did what it was supposed to do ie. make dvd's and cds and was fairly small for only the burning.
i unticked as many boxes as i could for nero install and still ended up with 925mb ()
just taken 5mins to uninstal and i need to reboot. hopefully its all gone (i doubt it though )

edit: @Reconstructed: just also tried ashampoo, yes thats nice also, whopping 30mb install but a good number of options. also i can use the same on os x

will keep both for now. cheers

 

hope your ready for a good trial session to find the best one.
all these burners are free


There are lots of CD and DVD burning softwares available for Windows and not all of them are free. Nero is one of the most popular, but its not a free software. But there are some good freewares for CD and DVD burning.

the only one ive used is Ashampoo and its very good. if you try any of the others could you leave feedback for other members.
thanks

Here is a list of top 9 freewares for CD and DVD burning.
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Ashampoo Burning Studio >> Download HERE

Ashampoo Burning studio can do multi-disc file backup and restore on CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs, Create compressed backup archives with powerful password protection, Split archives automatically across multiple CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray discs.





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CD Burner XP >> Download HERE

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multi language interface.





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Deep Burner Free >> Download HERE

DeepBurner is a lightweight, powerful and solid burning application. It can burn Data/Audio/Video CDs, all types of DVDs, composing photo albums and even burning backups.





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InfraRecorder >> Download HERE

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





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ImgBurn >> Download HERE

ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit. ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI. The ultimate "image" and "burner" there is, screw Nero, and forget, using this is the best thing since the invention of beer





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Burn On >> Download HERE

BurnOn is a free CD and DVD burning software for which supports both XP, Vista & 7. Apart from burning CDs/DVDs, BurnOn also does other jobs like split DVD-Video movies, extract data and audio tracks from CD/DVD media to individual files on your hard disk and backup and duplicate unencrypted CD/DVD media.





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Burn Aware >> Download HERE

BurnAware is a free disc burning application that can burn not only CDs and DVDs but also HD-DVDs and Blu-Ray discs. This is the only freeware which can burn both high definition formats.





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Burn4Free >> (Direct Link) >> Download HERE

Burn4Free is a free burning software which can burn data (CD and DVD) and audio from different files types (WAV, FLAC, WavPack, WMA, M3U (mp3 winamp compilation) , MP3, MP2, MP1 OGG and CDA (normal CD audio tracks).





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Burrn >> Download HERE

Burrrn is a little tool for creating audio CDs with CD-Text from various audio files.
Supported formats are: wav, mp3, mpc, ogg, aac, mp4, ape, flac, ofr, wv, tta, m3u, pls and fpl playlists and cue sheets. You can also burn EAC’s noncompliant image + cue sheets! Burrrn can read all types of tags from all these formats (including ape tags in mp3). Burrrn uses cdrdao.exe for burning.





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Moral is download them all, install them all and have fun burning, there will surely be one here you will want to use on a constant base, instead of Nero.......

 

I think you gave the wrong link to Burnware.

I tried Burrrn to burn a few flac albums I have, but I found it a bit of work to setup to properly accept and burn flac audio.

 

I second that. Windows 7 does a nice job for handling the basics.

 

theve changed the page. scroll to the bottom of that page and theres a re direct

 

So strange what happened to Nero. It was like it got taken over by alien programmers from Planet X who wanted to take over every PC it was installed on. That program needs to die.

I am loving the trend towards lighter, more efficient software, i.e. Imgburn et al, Chrome, Win 7, etc.

 

indeed.
Whenever I see a program gets too bloated, I try to switch to something else.
Or I just find the essentials of the program I used without bloat.

 

Nero has fallen far from the glory it once had... I would recommend "ImgBurn" instead. It's lightweight, quick, and easy to use. It's also open source, so it's 100% free!

 

One could still use Nero Lite for example.
It contains what you need without the bloat and gets the job done.
Sadly, last time I used it, it would appear that the install file was corrupted and only seldom wanted to install on Vista, while vehemently refusing to do so on Win 7.

I use "Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009 Advanced" since it's free and meets my needs.

Come to think of it, I'm switching to open source programs more and more, and that's a good thing because they are just as good (if not better) like most 'quality' paid programs.

 

im also using ashampoo as nero fails almost every time for me lately. it goes through the motions of burning and says its completed but nothing is ever on the disk. then use ashampoo and it burns quicker and works every time.

 

Deks, as soon as I saw the thread title, I thought the same as you.
For those who don't know:
Nero 8 micro installs in seconds and it burns anything you need. Basically you get Nero Burning ROM and Nero Express.
The .exe was only about 20mb I think