License Type: Free
Price: Free
Date Added: Apr 2008
Operating Systems: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
Requirements: CD or DVD burner
File Size: 3003KB
Downloads Count: 4246
Author: Astonsoft Ltd.
This effective, but limited, CD/DVD burning program is portable so you can run it from a flash drive. Price: Free
Date Added: Apr 2008
Operating Systems: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
Requirements: CD or DVD burner
File Size: 3003KB
Downloads Count: 4246
Author: Astonsoft Ltd.
DeepBurner Free Portable is one of the programs I never do an IT support gig without. If I need to burn off some data to CD/DVD before working on an infected or otherwise sketchy Windows system, all I do is insert the thumb drive I installed it to, click its icon, and I'm ready to burn. Unlike the Pro version of the program, DB Free Portable won't create video or photo discs, but that hardly matters for emergency purposes.
If you're not familiar with "portable" apps, they're portable because they don't rely on the Windows registry for storing settings. Instead they either forgo settings altogether, booting with the default settings each time, or (more likely) save the settings to whatever the directory the program is run from. Reliance on the registry for storing settings and registration info, which started with Windows 95 for maintenance and version control reasons, is why you must reinstall applications whenever you reinstall Windows.
DeepBurner Free Portable burns data discs, as well as ISO images and has worked well for me over several months. It's a program every tech should have in their emergency kit.http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,70945-order,1-page,1/description.html?tk=nl_ddxdwn
