Nero Burning Rom Goes Free!

[Ricardo Gil]

Stripped down as in removed all the crap or stripped down as in "can barely burn a disc". ?

I miss v5.5.9.9. Probably the last good Nero.

[Rigby]

Remember when Easy CD Creator was the great burning program to have, until it became bloated and ridiculous. Then Nero came along with it's lightweight program and put it to shame. Funny how they followed down the same road and also became bloated and horrible; now there are many lightweight and free burning programs that have relegated Nero to the junk pile. I don't think Ahead could pay people to use Nero these days.

[Comic Book Guy]

Maybe it's Cygwin? http://www.cygwin.com/

Just mentioned the KDE for Windows site as it provides k3b for use in Windows.

It's not either, these were actually Linux apps that were reprogrammed to run in Windows natively.

[etempest]

I miss v5.5.9.9. Probably the last good Nero.

I know, I have to use the "Essential" of Version 7, just for Vista Compatbility.

[techbeck]

Used to love Nero...until they became bloated, slow installation, and basically their software turned to crap. Dont use it anymore...

[ViperAFK]

Nero is a joke, there are much better alternatives. Hell pretty much any freeware burning software is better than this 'free' nero.

[kimsland]

Here's the only helpful download in this entire thread

ftp://ftp6.nero.com/tools/General-CleanTool.zip

Use Nero General CleanTool to delete all remaining Nero entries from your system.

Yes :D And its free !

[xtrabit racing]

Nero 9 Free Version

What?s better than free? Free forever! Nero offers you the chance to enjoy Nero?s world-renowned

data disc burning and copying features for an unlimited time, absolutely FREE!

Enjoy basic data burning and copying capabilities for your CDs and DVDs from the world?s most

trusted digital media brand, Nero.

Download Link

Enjoy!

[Kudo]

already posted here https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=804376

[Comic Book Guy]

already posted here https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=804376

Damn, you beat me to it.

Edited July 30, 2009 by Comic Book Guy

[kimsland]

Um we discussed that already https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...view=getnewpost

edit: Doh!

[Si Veteran]

Threads merged

Used to love Nero...until they became bloated, slow installation, and basically their software turned to crap. Dont use it anymore...

Yeah me too - haven't used Nero in years

[Ace]

What’s better than free? Free forever! Nero offers you the chance to enjoy Nero’s world-renowned

data disc burning and copying features for an unlimited time, absolutely FREE!

Why bother with Nero when you have ImgBurn or InfraRecorder? They have always been free (and not crippled or full of bloatware)!

[franzon]

Does Nero 9 Free support ISO burning? :huh:

[Richard Hammond]

http://www.imgburn.com/ even freer than this cack.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

The download is very slow.. must be getting hammered.

Good they made it free, too many alternatives out there these days

[etempest]

Here's a trick

Download the free version, start to install, get the cd-key.

Back out of the install (don't install)

Grab the most current "update" aka the full file from there site:

http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero9-update.php

Install, erase the auto generated "trial" key, and past in the key from the free version.

Instant up-to-date version, plus some additional free stuff that doesn't show up on the "free version" aka burn audio cd.

Most other features are still disabled.

[nullie]

People talk about Nero being bloated, but it's not just a burning program and most of what's included is very useful. Tools for video editing, DVD and Blu-Ray disc creation (menus + more), high quality MPEG-4 AVC encoding, etc. Nero Burning ROM itself is a inferior burning program and has been barebones for along time.

[srwal]

What I don't understand is why the free version can't burn ISOs. I mean, most of the stuff ppl burn is image based, plus it only means you have to burn all the stuff you want right away, there is no save feature for burning stuff later.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Just what I needed. Thanks for the heads up! (Y)

[Piggy]

Awesome. Regular Nero is just way WAY too much now.

[Mega Goatlord]

I'll stick with Imgburn. Gave up this cludge years ago.

[reneegt]

Thanks

;)

[OnePostWonder]

Meh, Nero is great as an app, but far to bloated. Someone I know made me a portable version out of his nero though, and its freaking awesome! Yeah its 70mb, but with no install, it's the way to go. So for those that dislike Nero, you should see about making yours portable.

[eilegz]

does it include the original nero burning rom?, i just hate the nero express thing....