Program for fast DVD recording. Disk Cleanup Program

In this lesson we will learn how to write files and folders from a computer to a blank disk. We will also talk about what types of discs there are and how they differ from each other.

In previous lessons we learned how to copy files and folders. Using copying, you can write files to your computer, to a flash drive, or copy them from your phone or camera. But not to disk. If we try to write something to an empty disk in this way, it will still remain empty.

To burn discs correctly, you need to use special programs. The most famous of them is called Nero, but, unfortunately, it is paid. There are also free options - CDBurnerXP, BurnAware and others. They are no worse, but you need to find such a program on the Internet, download it to your computer, then install it correctly and learn how to use it.

All these movements make sense if the user often needs to write information to disks. But there is another, simpler way - without any programs.

The good thing about it is that it is universal. That is, in this way you can write files and folders with files to an empty disk without additional programs and settings, on almost any computer.

Among the disadvantages, it should be noted that on computers with Windows XP, this method can only be written to a CD - not to a DVD.

What kind of discs are there?

Discs come in CDs and DVDs. Many people think that only films are recorded on DVDs, and everything else is recorded on CDs - music, documents, photographs. In fact, this is not true. They differ only in size.

A DVD contains four or even eight times more information than a CD. That is, if one movie fits on a CD, and even then not in very good quality, then four movies or even more can be recorded on a DVD disc. Music, photos, documents and other files and folders can be burned to either a CD or DVD.

Also discs come in R and RW. The difference between them is that information can be written to R only once, while information can be written to RW many times. We wrote it down, used it, and then erased it and wrote down something else.

Well, and, among other things, disks can be divided into “full” and “empty”. That is, those on which something has already been recorded (films, music, etc.) and those on which there is nothing.

Burning discs

First you need to find out what version of Windows is installed on your computer. To do this, open “Start”, right-click on “Computer” (My Computer) and in the list that opens, click on “Properties”.

A window will open in which it will be written which system is installed.

Burning discs in Windows XP

Select the files and folders you want to burn to a blank CD:

Open the disk on your computer. To do this, open “My Computer”:

Right-click on an empty space and click on "Paste".

The files and folders you copied will be pasted onto the disk. But this does not mean that they signed up for it. To do this, you need to right-click on an empty space and select “Burn files to CD” from the list.

The “CD Burning Wizard” window will open. You can type a name for the disc in the CD Name field, but this is not necessary. Click "Next" and wait.

When the disc is written (the green bar fills and disappears), a new window will open in which you need to click the “Done” button.

Even if such a window does not appear, the disc is still recorded.

Most likely, he will move out of the computer on his own. Thus, the computer reports that the recording was successful and the disc can already be used.

How to clean up a disk in Windows XP

You can clean the disk only if it is reusable. To do this, it must have RW written on it. If the letter R is written on the disk, then it cannot be erased; it is disposable.

Insert the RW disk into the drive.

Open it on your computer. To do this, open “My Computer”:

And open the CD/DVD drive in it:

Then right-click on an empty space (on a white field) and select “Erase this CD-RW” from the list.

A new window will open. Click on the “Next” button and wait until all information is erased. When this happens, a "Done" button will appear. Click on it. That's it, the disk is clean and you can write something on it again.

Burning Windows 7 discs

Select the files and folders you want to burn to disk:

Copy them, that is, right-click on any of the selected files (folders) and in the list that appears, click on the “Copy” item.

Insert a blank disc into the drive.

Open "Computer" (Start - Computer).

Open the CD/DVD drive. To do this, click on it twice with the left mouse button.

A small window will appear. You need to select the type of disc you are going to burn. There are two types available - “As a USB flash drive” and “With a CD/DVD player”.

The first option is more convenient and modern: you will get a disk very similar to a flash drive - you can write files and folders by simply copying them, and erase them by simply deleting them. But such disks may not open on some computers.

The second option - “With a CD/DVD player” - is classic, that is, the same as in Windows XP. It is suitable if you want to record music and plan to listen to it not only on the computer, but also on players (for example, in the car). This option is less convenient, but more reliable - a disc recorded in this mode will open on any computer.

Click on the type that suits you. Then click on the “Next” button.

If you have chosen Like a USB flash drive, a warning will appear indicating that you will have to wait until the disc is prepared for recording. By the way, sometimes you have to wait a long time - more than ten minutes. Click Yes.

When everything is ready, the window will disappear and a new small window will appear in which the computer will “offer” to open the folder to view files.

But even if such a window does not appear, it’s okay, just open “Computer” again and open “CD/DVD drive”.

An empty folder will open. Right-click on an empty space and click on "Paste".

After some time, the previously copied files and folders will be added. That's all, the disc recording was successful!

If you have chosen the type With CD/DVD player, then a blank disk will open. Right-click on an empty space and click on "Paste".

The files and folders you copied will be pasted onto the disk. But this does not mean that they have already signed up for it. In order for this to happen, you need to right-click on an empty space and select “Burn to disk” from the list.

A new window will appear. You can type in the name of the disc, but this is not necessary. Click "Next".

Now we need to wait. When the disc is written (the green bar fills and disappears), a new window will open in which you need to click the “Done” button.

But even if such a window does not appear, the disc is still recorded.

Most likely, he will move forward on his own. Thus, the computer “tells” us that the recording was successful and the disc can already be used.

How to erase a Windows 7 disk

We can erase a disk only if it is reusable and called RW. If the letter R is written on it, then the disc is disposable and cannot be erased.

Insert the disc into the drive and open it on your computer (Start - Computer - CD/DVD drive).

Try deleting the file or folder. To do this, right-click on the file (folder). A list will open. See if it has a “Delete” option. If there is, then delete the information through this item.

And if there is no such inscription, then right-click on an empty space (white field) and select “Erase disk” (or an item with a similar name) from the list.

Although discs are used less and less these days, free disc burning programs still remain as popular as they were a few years ago.

The fact is that not everyone uses flash drives today; many people find it more convenient to use proven DVDs and CDs.

Therefore, it would be useful to understand which programs are used most often for burning discs.

To do this, you can do a little research on forums, social networks and just sites where all kinds of software are distributed.

Actually, this is what was done. The results of this study can be seen below.

Interestingly, most users of the same Windows 7 do not even know about the existence of such a program.

But this is not surprising, because such giants as Nero very easily crush the small Small CD-Writer on the market.

By the way, it fully corresponds to its name.

There is absolutely nothing superfluous in this program; only the most basic functions are collected.

In addition, Small CD-Writer is very lightweight and does not need the ability to write any temporary information to the cache.

Thanks to this, Small CD-Writer does not take up much space and does not require a lot of computer memory resources to operate.

Plus, Small CD-Writer is so easy to use that it’s hard to imagine anything simpler.

How to use

Using Small CD-Writer, as mentioned above, is very simple. For novice users, this program is optimal.

So, the process of writing files to a disk, DVD or CD, consists of simply dragging the desired files with the mouse from a folder into the space circled in Figure 1 with a green frame.

After this, click on the “Record” button in the area outlined in red in the same figure. As you can see, there is absolutely nothing complicated about this. After clicking the button, a small window will appear in which you will need to select the speed and click OK.

The process of erasing disks also looks very simple.

After the disc itself is inserted into the drive, you need to click the “Eject/Insert Disc” button in the menu circled in red and select the desired disc in the “Computer” menu (“This PC” on Windows 10 and “My Computer” on Windows 7 and earlier versions).

After this, you need to select the “Clear” button in the same area, then a menu will appear in which you will need to select the erase option - complete or quick.

Advice: It is best to choose a complete erasure so that no data, and in particular garbage, remains on the disk and does not interfere with its further use.

To summarize the description of the Small CD-Writer program, we can say that it is one of the easiest to use.

This explains its enormous popularity among users of the Runet and the entire World Wide Web in general.

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Free programs for burning CD-DVD discs in Russian: List of the best

Here we are talking about a full-fledged multifunctional package, which includes a huge number of various functions related to recording and erasing DVDs, CDs and Blu-rays.

But, despite the abundance of functions, the program is also quite easy to use.

The main functions that Ashampoo Burning Studio Free performs are as follows:

Creating disk images (the most famous format for such disk images is ISO, there are also CUE/BIN, ASHDISC and others);
Creating data backups;
Record music, movies and other data to discs;
Music conversion (for example, you can create Audio-CD, MP3, WMA and more);
Erasing disks;
Recording movies in Blu-ray and other similar formats intended solely for watching movies;
Preparation of covers for CDs, as well as booklets and other publications for them.

The program has a full-fledged interface in Russian, which is a huge advantage over the same Small CD-Writer.

Of course, the most famous program that performs the same functions is Nero (a full-fledged paid version) and Ashampoo Burning Studio Free does not even pretend to be the best in this area.

Usage

To burn a disc using Ashampoo Burning Studio Free, you need to do the following:

Launch the program using a shortcut on the desktop or from the Start menu.
In the program window we see a convenient menu on the left side, which indicates all possible actions related to recording and erasing disks. To simply dump some data onto a disc, you need to select the “Write files and folders” item.
To do this, just hover your mouse over it.

After this, select the item “Create a new CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc” in the drop-down menu consisting of two commands. The second is intended for updating an existing disk, that is, overwriting it.

Next, a window appears, very similar to what we have already seen in Small CD-Writer. Here, too, you just need to transfer the necessary files to the area outlined in the green frame in Figure No. 4.
When they are added, all that remains is to click on the “Next” button located in the lower right corner of the program window (circled in red).

The drive selection window now opens. If the user has already inserted a blank disc into his drive, the program will detect it automatically. Here all that remains is to click on the “Burn CD” button and wait until the end of the recording.

Note: Figure No. 5 shows the ideal situation when a disc is inserted into the drive on which there is no data, damage or anything else that could interfere with normal recording. Otherwise, the program will display a corresponding message and the “Burn CD” button will be unavailable.

By the way, the best way to download Ashampoo Burning Studio Free is on the official page – www.ashampoo.com/ru/rub/fdl.

After installation, you will need to go through a short procedure to obtain a free key.

This is a free and very lightweight version of a real giant and heavyweight in the field of programs for burning files to discs.

The capabilities of this program are very limited and are as follows:

Writing data to CD and DVD;
Copying discs;
Recording in Blu-ray format;
Disk cleaning.

That's all. But this has its undeniable advantages. For example, Nero Free works many times faster than its full-fledged brother.

If regular Nero can freeze a lot on weak computers, and the recording process itself can take a very long time, then in the simplified version everything is much faster.

Interestingly, most users choose Nero Free because this program copes well with its tasks on weak computers.

In addition, it has an interface in Russian.

But it’s interesting that you can’t download Nero Free on the official website at the moment. At least, users cannot find it there.

But on other sites, most often pirated ones, Nero Free is publicly available.

This is explained by the fact that, most likely, this product was distributed for a very short time, and then the Nero team stopped working on it.

In any case, Nero Free works on all modern computers.

How to use

In many ways, using Nero Free is very similar to using the small Small CD-Writer. But there's a bit more functionality here.

All of them are concentrated in two menus, one of which is located at the top, and the second is on the left side of the program window.

To simply write some data to disk, you need to select “Write Data” in the menu on the left.

After this, the menu shown in Figure 7 will appear. Then everything is done as in other similar applications.

There is a field where you need to insert all files intended to be written to disk (in Figure 7 it is also highlighted in green).

To get started, you just need to drag and drop files there. After this, click on the “Record” button (highlighted in red).

In that window, you can also click on the “Record” button, after which you will only have to wait for the recording process to complete. We also see that there is nothing complicated in using it.

But still, a little more functions are often required than just the ability to record information on a blank.

It is precisely because of the lack of certain functions that Nero Free is significantly inferior to Ashampoo Burning Studio Free.

But we will sum up the results later, but for now let’s look at another similar program, which is also quite popular in RuNet.

Another disc burning program that is incredibly easy to use.

But its difference from the previous ones is that it supports an unprecedented number of disk image formats.

No other program (even paid ones) supports such a number of formats.

Among them are the familiar ISO and DVD, as well as BIN, UDI, CDI, FI, MDS, CDR, PDI and many others.

In general, ImgBurn can rightfully be called a real giant in terms of supported formats.

On the other hand, this often prevents the program from functioning normally. Some users write that when working with some formats, recording often takes too long.

In other cases, ImgBurn stops working altogether.

But such cases are extremely rare and may be due to the characteristics of the drive or the computer as a whole.

By and large, people immediately write about almost all problems related to the operation of ImgBurn on the forums when they arise.

Therefore, we can assume that almost all cases of ImgBurn malfunction are captured in posts on English-language and Russian-language forums (most often the former).

Generally, people are very happy with this program.

It is not for nothing that on various sites dedicated to user software, the ImgBurn rating does not reach lower than 4.5 out of 5.

The program interface is shown in Figure 8. To write some files to disk, you need to select the appropriate item in the menu.

After this, almost the same recording menu will appear, as shown in Figures 4 and 7.

In it, the user will only need to drag the necessary files into the space specially designated for this and press the record button.

In addition to the ability to burn a variety of images to disk, users highlight the following advantages of ImgBurn over other similar programs:

Record music and films to disc in a variety of formats, including even OGG and WV.
Unicode support (after recording, there will be no problems with file and folder names).
Ability to open and close the drive through the program window.
Ability to change the image label.
Automatic search on the Internet for new firmware for a particular drive.

Other similar programs for burning discs do not have such features. True, to make the program Russian, you need to download the required file on the Internet, and then throw it into the language folder (Languages) of the installed program.

Storing information on a computer is not always convenient or safe. If the hard drive is damaged, valuable documents, pictures, and videos will be lost forever. A safety net in the form of a DVD will never be superfluous. Also, recording on DVD is useful if you need to prepare a movie for viewing on a DVD player or make a video gift with a beautiful design. Don’t know how to transfer information from your computer to disk yourself? The multifunctional program for burning DVDs “VideoMASTER” will help.

Advantages of the software

"VideoMASTER" is an easy-to-learn video converter in Russian. Unlike a number of analogues, working with it is not difficult even for beginners. This is facilitated by a clear, well-thought-out interface and built-in program tips. Despite the ease of use, with the help of the software you can not only burn a disc into a machine, but also:

You don't have to install several applications: for converting, for cutting DVDs. "VideoMASTER" is the best program for burning discs, if only because it is a universal option that combines everything you need.

One of the most important advantages of the program is its ability to work with different video formats. And not only the most popular, but also the less common: 3GP, SWF, FLV and others.

How to burn a disc in the program

Now let's move directly to the fact. Please note: The DVD drive on your computer must have a recording function. Insert a blank disc into the drive and follow these steps in the program.

Step 1. Preparing the video

Click the “Add” button located on the left side of the menu and select the desired video or group of videos that you want to burn to disk. If necessary, process them in the built-in editor (cut, crop, add effects, add text and pictures).

Add the required videos to the work area

Step 2. Design the cover

When the video reaches its final form, click the “Burn DVD” button. A window will appear with a collection of interactive menu templates. It is necessary for more convenient work with the future disk. Select the option you like and click “Next”. The disk burning program allows you to customize the appearance of the design in detail. Select a menu background, add the necessary headings, pictures and accompanying music.

Select an interactive menu option

Step 3. Burn a disc

Once you've finished with the cover, you'll be taken to the recording window. Select the disc, video type, screen format and picture quality. If you are sure that you have collected the necessary videos and inserted the same DVD, start recording. Just click the "Next" button and wait for the process to complete. Ready!

Choose "VideoMASTER"

If you need a good program for burning discs on Windows 10, you are unlikely to find a more multi-functional and easy-to-use option than VideoMASTER. With it, you can always transfer valuable information to a reliable, convenient medium - DVD. Have fun working with videos!

Surely, a sufficient amount of various information has already accumulated on your computer - documents, games, software, videos, music... It's time to put it all in order! Especially if you are haunted by audio recordings scattered in folders. It will be much better if you transfer them to a separate medium. And a convenient tool called “Disk Studio” will help you do this. This is exactly what we will talk about in this article.

Record data in a couple of minutes

“Disk Studio” is perhaps the most visual and convenient program for burning music to disk, allowing you to create both CD and DVD media. All you need to use this software is a writing drive.

With this application, you can burn a disc of any format from scratch in a couple of minutes, and you can also make a backup copy or create an ISO image. In addition, the utility will be useful to you if you want to write information to a ready-made medium. Old data will not be lost, while you can repeatedly fill the blank with new files.

Favorite songs and videos in one place

We have already mentioned above that using this program you can easily copy musical compositions. You may have a lot of music albums and individual tracks on your computer that you would like to put together and listen to in your free time.

A program for burning music onto a CD will allow you to easily and quickly create MP3 or WMA media on which you can record up to 10 hours of your favorite music. Subsequently, the CD can be played in media players, car radios in the car, or simply on a PC. In addition, you can give it to friends or acquaintances, which will certainly pleasantly surprise them.

The same applies to video recordings - various films, clips and concerts, which you can also transfer to physical media. Creating a DVD video in the program will take very little time. In addition, you will have an excellent opportunity to design the interactive disc menu yourself. So, you can customize the background, header, graphics and much more to your liking, so that the menu looks impressive and sets a positive tone for viewing.

Cleaning and ripping

If there is too much unnecessary information on one of your drives, then you can easily delete it with just one click. Such a drive can eventually be easily rewritten a large number of times (section “Erase”).

Another useful function of the utility is ripping DVD video and Audio CD, which will certainly come in handy when converting disc files to one or another format. The only caveat is that before ripping, you should check whether the media is protected from illegal copying.

Of course, Disc Studio is the best program for recording music onto a disc, which even the most inexperienced user can figure out.

Programs for burning CD, DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs for free: Nero, Ashampoo Burning Studio, aBurner, UsefulUtils Discs Studio, True Burne, Small CD-Writer, InfraRecorder, ImgBurn, FinalBurner FREE, Free Easy Burner, DeepBurner, CDBurnerXP, BurnAware Free, Burnatonce, Burn4Free, AVS Disc Creator FREE, AmoK CD/DVD Burning, etc.

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