As the name suggests, CD/DVD burning software are required to write (or burn) any type of data into recordable CDs and DVDs. Some of the burners mentioned here also provide support for Blu-Ray discs (marked as *).

CDBurnerXP ~ Stephen Haglund
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Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000
Home | Download.com


StarBurn*
~ Rocket Division Software
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Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000/ME/98
Home | Download.com


BurnAware* ~
GloryLogic
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Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000/ME/98
Home | Download.com

Burn4Free ~ Burn4Free
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Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000/ME/98/95
Home | Download.com


JetBee*
~ Complex New Technologies
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Available for: Windows Vista/2003 Server/XP/2000/ME/98
Home | Download.com


DeepBurner Free
~ AstonSoft
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Available for: Windows 2003 Server/XP/2000/NT/ME/98
Home | Download.com

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[Notes]
*StarBurn, BurnAware and JetBee support the burning of Blu-Ray discs.