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I've always been of the opinion that (Goldenhawk's) CDRWin can do no wrong when it comes to burning BIN/CUE images.  I recall adopting it a few years ago after noticing it burned Neo Geo CD games a lot better than other programs like Alcohol and Nero (both of which would affect the audio one way or another), having learnt this via a comparison test.

However, I recently noticed that it seems to not support SATA disc drives (or at least not my Samsung, which I purchased quite recently), despite being updated as recently as May of this year.  Luckily I also have an IDE burner installed in my system, but I wonder if this is a sign that - as SATA gradually makes IDE obsolete - this program will soon no longer serve a purpose to most modern day users?  Attempting to contact Goldenhawk through the one e-mail addy displayed on their website resulted in a bounced email.

I occasionally use ImgBurn to burn images, but I'm not sure if this really burn at as a good a quality as CDRWin, having not performed a comparison test to date.  Though it at least supports SATA.


What do you think?

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I usually use Nero for all the old consoles.

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I use Nero 6.6.1.15D (if you can find it for download anymore) for most stuff.

I use clonecd for the rest.

no burner is perfect, but in my tests those are the best. However they both offset subchannels.

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Nexy wrote:

However they both offset subchannels.

Isn't it a drive's issue?

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Now see, I always find Nero's strong point to be in its data backup abilities - I only ever use it to back up stuff onto DVDs.

It doesn't seem to me like it's as dedicated a cd-image burner as ones more geared towards it like ImgBurn, CDRWin etc.


Looking up information on Goldenhawk through the web I've read stuff like how they supposedly shut up shop a year or two back, killed their e-mail addresses and allowed a plastic surgeon to take over the phone number.  Yet CDRWin got updated earlier this year after a two-year silence.  So I'm not sure what's going on.

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@Fireball, no it doesn't matter what drive you use, it will offset the subs the same. I have the magic 2.5 sheep burner though, I will have to dig it out and test.

@marzsyndrome, you can pretty much think that CDRWin is dead and won't be updated anymore. Same for most other old burning programs. Like I said, give clonecd a go, it should work for what you need.

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Yes there are still lots of software that can burn images like Nero.
I've been using Nero as my Burner for I think all thing I want to burn.

Movies, Songs, Data files and Images, I used Nero.
It is good to use because it is fast and reliable.

In Nero you can make cover for CD.
It has lot to do with Nero so try it know.

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I always use Imgburn for my ISO's/BIN's. I've never had an issue with it, except when I've tried to write the data too quick smile

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