BurnAware Free 18.2 CD burning app for Windows

A powerful, fast and completely free CD, DVD and BD disc burning tool.

Quality CD and DVD burning software can really be hit and miss, even more so with the expensive applications that have come and gone over the years. Most users can stop searching now after having tried BurnAware Free, it's back to the basics with a clean interface and on with functionality.

BurnAware Free is a well designed burning suite with a quick and simple wizard, making easy work of creating your own CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs.

With a clean user interface and clear directions, making the most of your burnable discs is possible with this software. The simplicity of this program is its beauty.

What makes BurnAware a worthy contender is the pure ease of use of the software, especially with its guided wizards. Within a matter of a few clicks, you can burn and create discs with very little effort. The different wizards include creating: Data Discs, Audio Discs, DVD or Blu-ray Video Discs and ISO image burning.

In terms of creating audio CDs, the application supports many of the most popular music formats such as MP3, AAC, WAV and WMA. For burning images, it's right up there with full support for the most common image formats like ISO, BIN, NRG, IMG, DMG and CUE. Naturally, bootable discs are supported.

It doesn't include many of the advanced features you might expect to find in some expensive software like Nero so BurnAware Free might not be suitable if you want to complete complicated burning tasks.

With that said, if you want a free solution for burning backups or want to make simple DVD or Blu-ray movie discs, BurnAware Free is a great companion.

Features of BurnAware Free

• Audio CD Burning: Create Audio CDs from WAV, MP3, WMA and OGG files.
• Audio Tracks: Extract audio tracks from audio CDs and convert them to MP3, WMA and other formats.
• Bootable Discs: Create bootable discs for Windows and DOS operating systems.
• Command Line: Execute burning, copying and erasing operations from command line interface.
• Copy to Disc: Copy entire discs to ISO, IMG disc images.
• Create Discs: Create bootable discs, Audio CDs, MP3 discs, DVD-Video and other multimedia discs.
• Data Burning: Burn files and folders to discs, create and burn ISO images.
• Disc Burning: Burn data to CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
• Disc Copying: Duplicate and copy discs with ease.
• Disc Erasing: Erase rewritable discs quickly and easily.
• Disc Image Processing: Create ISO, BIN/CUE, NRG and other disc image formats.
• Disc Spanning: Split large files and burn them to multiple discs.
• Disc Verification: Verify data integrity on discs after burning process.
• File Recovery: Recover lost and deleted files from damaged or scratched discs.
• MP3 Discs: Burn MP3 discs with support for on-the-fly conversion of audio formats.

Compatibility and License

BurnAware Free is a restricted version of commercial software, often called freemium which requires you to pay a license fee to unlock additional features which are not accessible with the free version. Download and installation of this software is free, however other similar programs are available from CD burner software which may have what you need. 18.2 is the latest version last time we checked.

What version of Windows can BurnAware Free run on?

BurnAware Free can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.

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