What DVD burner is recommended?

[Baitball Blogger]

I had Nero installed on a desktop which had two drives, but the software has expired and I'm ready for something new (and also down to one drive). Any suggestions?

[Mnpaul]

1. You could just get new software for free

This is much better that Nero
https://cdburnerxp.se/

[Baitball Blogger]

6. I'll look at that one. Thanks.

[csziggy]

2. Another vote for CD Burner XP

Simple, easy to use, no frills. And FREE!

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Thank you for the info.

[Mnpaul]

11. I can't remember ever having a bad disc

with that program. It seems to work perfect every time. It is really handy with .iso files. If you drag a .iso file onto the desktop icon, it will launch the program and create your disc.

[jtuck004]

3. What operating system are you running? Both Linux and Windows 7 (and 8) include the ability to

write DVD's as part of the OS now, and drives are, generally, supported by built-in drivers these days.

Linux is, relatively speaking, without cost, except for some time learning new software. It's quite good, (Linux Mint in varied flavors is a decent choice). You can put it on little flash drives and stick it in a USB port, see if you like it before you change your system.

The suggestion (2x) above is certainly a good one as well.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. I had no idea that Window 7 had this capability.

Where do I find the program?

[jtuck004]

9. Click on the start globe and in the run box type

Windows DVD Maker

That's one way - you can also put a blank dvd in the drive and open up explorer, drag some files to that directory and look on the menu above for a "write files to disk" option.

It's not fancy, but those capabilities have been in there since Vista, I think, or maybe XP.

You can go to Youtube and type in "make dvd windows 7", or even just google it, and find a lot of links that might be more informative to your specific install.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Great tip! Thanks.

[hobbit709]

4. Expired? How so?

[Baitball Blogger]

5. I had a disk I had to use that required a serial number.

All that information was lost when the old computer crapped out.

Actually, I did download Nero and burned the DVD using the trial period.

[frylock]

12. anything but sony..

I've had two in past that didn't last much longer than a year before the drive belts eroded and snapped. Conversely, I've been using two LG optical drives (DVD/RW and DVD/RW DL), and haven't had any issues in the 2 years since I've installed them.