The ISO Recorder Power Toy is CD burning software for
Windows XP
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,
Windows Server 2003
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,
Windows Vista
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and
Windows 7
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. It is written by Alex Feinman and is
open source
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software released under a license similar to the
BSD license
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with advertising clause. This (along with some other third party software) was mentioned by an online article, named "Windows XP CD Burning Secrets", on Microsoft's website.
The software is used to burn an
ISO 9660
ISO 9660 (also known as ECMA-119) is a file system for optical disc media. Being sold by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) the file system is considered an international technical standard. Since the specification is ...
image file to CD or DVD and can create an ISO image from folders.
The software:
* adds an Explorer menu item called "Create ISO image file" when you right-click on a folder;
* adds an Explorer menu item called "Copy image to CD" when you right-click on an ISO;
* associates itself with the .ISO extension.
On Windows XP, the software cannot create or burn anything larger than a CD. As of version 3.1, ISO Recorder is compatible with Windows 7.
References
External links
ISO Recorder(project home page)
Free optical disc authoring software
Windows-only free software
Windows CD/DVD writing software
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