Burning CDs with Win2000

Discussion in 'Software' started by dlb, Mar 10, 2008.

  1. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    I'm no stranger to CD burning or CD burning apps, but lately it seems that I'm having trouble finding a totally noob friendly CD burning app for Win2000. In the past I'd use "BurnRight" but it is now bundled with spyware/adware (Relevant Knowledge). I still have the older version, but I'm a bit leary to use it anymore as it may 'phone home'. BurnRight was perfect for the complete noob first time CD burner. When it ran, you got a big window with 3 choices: create a disk, erase a disk, exit. If you chose 'erase', another big window would open telling you to put in a re-writable disk and to click OK when ready. Easy. When you chose 'create' it would ask you which cd burner (if there was more than one), then there was a big empty window into which you could drag stuff to be burned, or you could use the 'add files' button. When you clicked 'burn now' it would say "DVD or CD?" if it was a DVDRW drive, then it would just burn. Easy. Perfect for the noob; no new jargon, no confusing questions about multisessions, or Joliet crap-ola. Nice and easy like the built-in WinXP burning. Limited, yes. But after the user gets some more experience under their belt, they can move on to bigger and better utilities. So, can someone recommend a noob friendly CD burning utility? I've looked through the Back Up section, and nothing really caught my eye saying "perfect for the person who has no idea how to do anything but check email and turn the PC on and off". And I'm not exagerrating ;)
    Thanks.

    :)confused What's the deal with my much-too-long-and-wordy threads lately? :eek: sorry)
     
  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    One of my friends recommended CD burner XP Pro (I run 2K and I think I installed it but I haven't used it). I need to burn some songs so later this evening, I will fire up that computer and give some feedback.
    http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4242.html
    You can download older versions at the author's site.
    http://www.cdburnerxp.se/download

    I usually use Adaptec v4 (pay) because it just works for me on my 2K notebook.

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    no cigar. Every time I fired it up to run, it said it encountered a problem and closed. I gave it 4 attempts with nothing else running and it would not stay open so I removed it from my computer.
     
  3. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    CDBurnerXP Pro is great, but not so much for the total noob. I'm looking for software that anyone can use without any confusion. What we consider easy is nightmarish for someone who gets confused when they microwave popcorn, or try to set the time on the VCR. (does anyone have VCR's anymore?)

    EDIT- there's a huge advertisement for Express Burn right under this post. Now that looks like noob-ware. I'll check it out. It's also here http://www.majorgeeks.com/Express_Burn_d4573.html if anyone is interested. I'll post my thoughts later if anyone gives a :crap....
     

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