[IT}-- Free programs: DeepBurner Free Portable
Version: 1.9.0.74
File Size: 3003k
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98
DeepBurner Free Portable is one of the programs I never do an IT support gig without.
If I need to burn off some data to CD/DVD before working on an infected or otherwise sketchy Windows system, all I do is insert the thumb drive I installed it to, click its icon, and I’m ready to burn.
If you’re not familiar with “portable” apps, they’re portable because they don’t rely on the Windows registry for storing settings. Instead they either forgo settings altogether, booting with the default settings each time, or (more likely) save the settings to whatever the directory the program is run from. Reliance on the registry for storing settings and registration info, which started with Windows 95 for maintenance and version control reasons, is why you must reinstall applications whenever you reinstall Windows. DeepBurner Free Portable burns data discs, as well as ISO images and has worked well for me over several months. It’s a program every tech should have in their emergency kit.
–Jon L. Jacobi
PCW
