ImgBurn – Versatile Freeware Burner App

ImgBurn is a great freeware burner utility that gives you lots of flexibility and options that many commercial products lack.

This modest download (2 MB) is packed with features from the simple to complex. For example, you can burn disk images to just about any drive – hard drive, pen drive, CD, DVD and Blu-ray. However ImgBurn does not feature “wizards”, so even though the usual burning functions are simple to execute, the more advanced stuff might require reading the Guide (links below).

After installation, you see the main screen:

Select whatever function you need and it opens a detailed screen:

Selecting “Settings” gives you some idea of the depth of its functions:

As an example of this program’s features, I have never seen a burner app that graphs out what’s going on:

Pic courtesy of ImgBurn

There is a very detailed, informative Guide and Forum that will give you a full view of what this app can do – I would suggest that you take a look at the Guide and if ImgBurn meets your needs, give it a try. The Table of Contents is reproduced below from the Forum:

ImgBurn Guide Contents

• 1. File
  
  • 1.1 Browse for a source file
  • 1.2 Browse for a source folder
  • 1.3 Remove all items
  • 1.4 Browse for a destination file
  • 1.5 Calculate
  • 1.6 Build
  • 1.7 Read
  • 1.8 Write
  • 1.9 Verify
  • 1.10 New Project
  • 1.11 Load Most Recent Project
  • 1.12 Load Project
  • 1.13 Save Project
  • 1.14 Load Most Recent Queue
  • 1.15 Load Queue
  • 1.16 Save Queue
  • 1.17 Export Graph Data
  • 1.18 Display Graph Data
  • 1.19 Recent Files
  • 1.20 Exit
• 2. View
  
  • 2.1 Disc Layout Editor
  • 2.2 Drop Zone
  • 2.3 Log
  • 2.4 Queue
  • 2.5 Refresh
• 3. Mode
  
  • 3.1 Ez-Mode Picker
  • 3.2 Read
    
    • 3.2.1 Options And Settings
      
      • 3.2.1.1 Source
      • 3.2.1.2 Destination
      • 3.2.1.3 Graph Data
      • 3.2.1.4 Settings
    • 3.2.2 Read
      
      • 3.2.2.1 Options
    • 3.2.3 Available Guides for the ‘Read’ mode
  • 3.3 Build
    
    • 3.3.1 Input Modes
      
      • 3.3.1.1 Standard Input Mode
      • 3.3.1.2 Advanced Input Mode
    • 3.3.2 Options and Settings
      
      • 3.3.2.1 Options
      • 3.3.2.2 Labels
      • 3.3.2.3 Advanced
        
        • 3.3.2.3.1 Dates
        • 3.3.2.3.2 Media
        • 3.3.2.3.3 Restrictions
          
          • 3.3.2.3.3.1 ISO9660
          • 3.3.2.3.3.2 Joliet
          • 3.3.2.3.3.3 UDF
        • 3.3.2.3.4 Bootable Disc
    • 3.3.3 Destination
      
      • 3.3.3.1 Destination – Device
        
        • 3.3.3.1.1 Select Burner
        • 3.3.3.1.2 Select Write Speed and Copies
        • 3.3.3.1.3 Burn the Disc
      • 3.3.3.2 Destination – Image File
        
        • 3.3.3.2.1 Select Destination
        • 3.3.5.2.2 Create the Image File
    • 3.3.4 Available Guides for the ‘Build’ mode
  • 3.4 Write
    
    • 3.4.1 Options And Settings
      
      • 3.4.1.1 Source
      • 3.4.1.2 Destination
      • 3.4.1.3 Graph Data
      • 3.4.1.4 Settings
    • 3.4.2 Write
      
      • 3.4.2.1 Options
    • 3.4.3 Available Guides for the ‘Write’ mode
  • 3.5 Verify
    
    • 3.5.1 Options And Settings
      
      • 3.5.1.1 Source
      • 3.5.1.2 Image File
      • 3.5.1.3 Graph Data
      • 3.5.1.4 Settings
    • 3.5.2 Verify
      
      • 3.5.2.1 Options
  • 3.6 Discovery
    
    • 3.6.1 Options And Settings
      
      • 3.6.1.1 Discovery
      • 3.6.1.2 Graph Data
      • 3.6.1.3 Destination
      • 3.6.1.4 Settings
    • 3.6.2 Discover
      
      • 3.6.2.1 Options
• 4. Tools
  
  • 4.1 ISO
    
    • 4.1.1 Change Volume Label
    • 4.1.2 Display IFO Layer Break Information
  • 4.2 Drive
    
    • 4.2.1 Refresh
    • 4.2.2 ReZero
    • 4.2.3 Load
    • 4.2.4 Eject
    • 4.2.5 Lock Tray
    • 4.2.6 UnLock Tray
    • 4.2.7 Set Read Speed
    • 4.2.8 Erase Disc
      
      • 4.2.8.1 Quick
      • 4.2.8.2 Full
    • 4.2.9 Synchronise Cache
    • 4.2.10 Close
      
      • 4.2.10.1 Track
      • 4.2.10.2 Session
      • 4.2.10.3 Disc
    • 4.2.11 Change Advanced Settings
      
      • 4.2.11.1 BenQ
      • 4.2.11.2 Lite-On
      • 4.2.11.3 Pioneer
      • 4.2.11.4 Plextor
      • 4.2.11.5 Samsung
      • 4.2.11.6 Advanced
    • 4.2.12 Change Book Type
      
      • 4.2.12.0 BenQ
      • 4.2.12.0 LG
      • 4.2.12.0 NEC
      • 4.2.12.0 Nu Tech
      • 4.2.12.0 Plextor
      • 4.2.12.0 Ricoh
      • 4.2.12.0 Samsung
      • 4.2.12.1 Lite-On
      • 4.2.12.2 Advanced
    • 4.2.13 Sector Viewer
    • 4.2.14 Display IFO Layer Break Information
    • 4.2.15 Regional Code
      
      • 4.2.15.1 Information
      • 4.2.15.2 Change
    • 4.2.16 Capabilities
    • 4.2.17 Check For Firmware Updates
  • 4.3 Changer
  • 4.4 Create CUE File
  • 4.5 Create DVD File
  • 4.6 Create MDS File
  • 4.7 Rebuild SCSI/ATAPI device map
  • 4.8 Search for SCSI/ATAPI devices
  • 4.9 Automatic Write Speed
  • 4.10 Filter Driver Load Order
  • 4.11 Settings
• 5. Help
  
  • 5.1.1 Check for ImgBurn Update
  • 5.1.2 View ImgBurn Guides
  • 5.1.3 View ImgBurn Translations
  • 5.1.4 Visit ImgBurn Website
  • 5.1.5 Visit ImgBurn Support Forum
  • 5.1.6 Make a Donation
  • 5.1.7 ImgBurn Graph Data
  • 5.1.8 ImgBurn Images
  • 5.1.9 ImgBurn Logs
  • 5.1.10 ImgBurn Projects
  • 5.1.11 ImgBurn Queues
  • 5.1.12 ImgBurn Statistics
  • 5.1.13 About ImgBurn

ImgBurn is a freeware wonder – I am going to install it on my sister’s PC, and she’s no techie! Great piece of work.