cd burning with xp

[mattburklund]

I am upgrading to widows xp pro, and I have already found that plextor create a cd 4, does not work and will not work in xp.
What is the best cd burning software for audio and data. I have heard good and bad about roxio. What do you guys think?
Matt

 

[btvillarin]

Most everyone will recommend <A HREF="http://www.nero.com/en/index2.htm" target="_new">Nero Burning ROM</A>. It's $49 for a serial number, if you just want an electronic download instead of a getting it retail. It doesn't need like 5 patches for it to work, too.

If Easy CD Creator 4 doesn't work, first try disabling the CD writing feature for Windows XP. Just right-click your CD writer, then properties, go to the Recording tab, and uncheck "Enable CD Recording on this drive". If that doesn't work, then you'll probably need to get Nero.

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[mattburklund]

Thanks
Great advice, I just went to the nero site before I read your reply and saw all the patches it recommended, didn't look good.
I will try my easy cd4 first, have you heard of it working on xp? If not I will get nero.
Thanks
Matt

 

[btvillarin]

<font color=green>I just went to the nero site before I read your reply and saw all the patches it it recommended, didn't look good.</font color=green>

Whoa...all the patches? It only gives one update. The rest are plug-ins, and updates for older version. But, if you get Nero 5.5.7.8, then it'll just be that update, and nothing else. Compare that to Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 and 3 patches.

When I checked out the Roxio page for Easy CD Creator 4, I didn't see anything for support with Windows XP.

Later...
Bryan

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[monkeyspank]

This guy talks sense. I think Nero is much better in XP but i can see the attraction of the pretty menus in easyCD. Nero seems to work better though.

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[Zoron]

I use EasyCD Creator 5 Platinum and CloneCD for my CD burning needs... haven't had any issues with either of them. Haven't even had to disable the built-in burner support that comes with XP.

I haven't tried EasyCD Creator 4 with XP... it may work after all the updates have been done, but so far I haven't heard anyone say they have EasyCD Creator 4 working under XP.

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