Nero Burning ROM 5.5

This is one of the most complete, powerful and popular burning programs on the market. It lets you burn professional-quality CDs and DVDs.

Features:
* Creation of Data CD/DVD: you can save data to a CD or DVD by simply dragging and dropping files to lay out your new CD/DVD and pressing "burn" button after selecting some basic options like adding label information, date files with their original date or burn date, option to finalize cd or not, and so on.
* Creation of Audio CD: you can copy music from other music CD's (.cda files tracks on your music cd's), or either convert mp3 or wma files to cd audio tracks, or simply add .wav files to your music compilation.
* CD/DVD Copy: you can copy a source CD for then writing it's data to a blank CD directly in the CD writer or either you can copy a CD to an image file, saving it to your hard disk for then burning it to a blank CD.
* Creation of Video CD (VCD) / S-Video CD (SVCD): you can add video files (AVI or MPG format) or pictures (JPG format) to the target CD. This program automatically detects the type of file added, and converts AVI or non VCD compliant MPG files to VCD compliant MPG files on the fly. After conversion it burns a VCD which can be played in any DVD player. You can also create a SVCD.
* Creation of Bootable CD: you can burn a CD that you can boot from the CD-ROM drive.
* Creation of Mixed Mode CD: a CD that can contain audio music files as well as data files too.

Other utilities included in this software package are:
* Cover Designer: includes jewel case designs and graphics editing tools to create cover and case designs for your CDs.
* CD Speed: for rating your CD drive for transfer rate, seek times, CPU usage, etc.
* Drive Speed: changes the read speed of your CD drive to help it run quieter.
* Hard Disk Backup: for backing up and restoring disks and partitions.
* Image Drive: useful if you want to test an image file of a CD before burning it to a CD. It emulates a CD drive containing the CD in the image file.
* Virus Scanner: scans any files for viruses before burning to CD.

In conclusion, the whole software package is ease to use, it's efficient, reliable and fast enough to burn whatever you want.