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"Be Burn-Aware and buy something else."
Version: BurnAware Premium (formerly BurnAware Home) 5.0.1
Pros
Fast installation.
Cons
1. Makes everything ROM, doesn't preserve the rewritability, no matter what disc you use.
2. So it's really a WRITE ONCE ONLY software program, despite the instructions.
3. Can't read DVD+RW and keep the same capacity, turns a DVD into a CD-ROM.
4. Help doesn't help, as the product doesn't do what's advertised.
5. NO REFUND, so the minute you buy it, before you even know its flaws, you're stuck.Summary
BURNAWARE is worse than Roxio or Nero (see video). Be aware that if you buy burnaware, you will be burned worse than Nero and Rome. The first burn is that you can't get a refund, which you must agree to up-front. The second burn is that the software instructions guarantee you sleepless nights trying to figure out what the options mean, since the help is no help.
The third burn: if you use RW-type media and don't fill up the disk because you properly checked the burn options to ALLOW later re-writing -- well, it ignores you. For not only is your DVD with RW or CD with RW turned to ROM, but your computer can't read it UNLESS you reformat it or extract the files through Burnaware or some other proprietary extractor.
In short, those files become invisible to Windows, AS WELL AS the CD or DVD becoming read-only, never mind you didn't finalize the disc! (I used Verbatim DVD+RW, unilayer 4.7GB and Memorex 700 MB CD+RW.)
Weirdly, another computer you have can read those files (I used Acer Aspire One to test read, but burnaware was on my Dell 8400). But when you mass copy using Windows Copy, it keeps bombing. You must then manually copy JUST that bombed file, and resume where you left off. Very annoying.
Fourth and fifth burns: burnaware is SLOOOOOWWWWWWWWW to burn the first time: average for a non-damaged disc is 7 minutes for CD+RW, 15-30 mins for DVD+RW. But burnaware DAMAGES discs in formatting. To its credit, it can repair what it wrecks.
Example: first, I asked burnaware to make a Bridge DVD from my DVD+RW; it 'produced' a 522MB with no files added and it changed the RW into ROM! So, I had to reformat it via Erase Disc.. 20 minutes later, I gave up and just exited the program. What solved the problem for me, was to reinstall my old Roxio Sonic MyDVD 5.3 LE and RecordNow 7.3 LE software. It FULLY reformatted the same disc within 3 minutes. And is readable on my other computers which also have Roxio. Same result obtains from Nero, though the latter is a pistol to use and I ended up uninstalling Nero.
In short, burnaware burns, alright; in all the wrong ways. -
"Doesn't Say Pay Product In Description"
Version: BurnAware Premium (formerly BurnAware Home) 4.9
Pros
Did not try, product wanted to be paid only after download
Cons
Only after product downloaded does it tell you, Oh yea, you have to buy this. Not dinging it too bad since I have used the free product for years.
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"Not impressed but not used enough to be sure"
Version: BurnAware Premium (formerly BurnAware Home) 3.1.6
Pros
I have only used this 2 times to figure it out.
Cons
I can't make a real comment since so far I am still analyzing.
Summary
I would not buy it...still using trial version.
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"nice to make back up cds"
Version: BurnAware Premium (formerly BurnAware Home) 2.3.4
Pros
like the info on my burner
Cons
wish I could burn dvds
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"This software product seems to work very well for me ."
Version: BurnAware Premium (formerly BurnAware Home) 2.3.4
Pros
I find this product fairly easy to use. It's got some options that need to be discovered, but I'm sure to have a great deal of fun with it.Also I'm using it on "Linux' OS with a patch plug-in on wine. I'll let you know more about that later.
Cons
None so far.
Summary
Seems to be a very good every day burner. It misses some advanced features, but those are not the stuff I use much anyway. For general service, it produces excellent quality burns. Myself I do allot of data CD's & DVD's. Clean as a whistle. hope to try it on other stuff. Bottom line, give it a try. It just might be what your looking for.
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"It is a very good product."
Version: BurnAware Premium (formerly BurnAware Home) 2.3.2
Pros
DVD writing.
Cons
Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
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"Easy to use"
Version: BurnAware Premium (formerly BurnAware Home) 2.0.1.709
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