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Burn More Reliable Discs With QuickPar

10:00AM Gina Trapani | Reader ST discovered that aging data backup CDs he had burned had become unreadable, so now he uses QuickPar to make recovering data on disc with bad sectors possible. Here’s how he does it. More »

Ashampoo Burning Studio Free Handles All Your Burning Needs

7:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Free application Ashampoo Burning Studio Free is yet-another CD and DVD burning utility. Ashampoo handles virtually any burning need, from music CDs and video DVDs (Blu-ray support included) to data discs. It also supports burning compressed and encrypted backup discs. Granted, there are already plenty of burning utilities already available, but for anyone who remembers how difficult it used to be to find a free app to handle this sort of thing (i.e., not Roxio), the more options the merrier. For a look at the flip side of the coin, check out the Hive Five Best DVD Ripping Tools. Ashampoo Burning Studio Free [via gHacks] More »

Totally Free Burner Makes CD and DVD Burning Simple

6:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Free application Totally Free Burner burns audio, video, data, and ISO CDs and DVDs in just a few clicks. The app covers almost all of your potential CD and DVD burning needs, and it does so through a slick and simple interface. As FreewareGenius points out, drag and drop support for adding files to a project would make this a truly great app, but even without that functionality it’s an impressive piece of freeware. Chances are by this point you’ve found a reliable burning tool, but if not, the freeware, Windows only Totally Free Burner isn’t a bad offering. Totally Free Burner [via FreewareGenius] More »