Herong's Tutorial Notes on CD/DVD
Dr. Herong Yang, Version 2.14

Installing Final Burner

This section describes a tutorial on how to compress files with WinRAR to archive them on a data CD.

FinalBurner is free CD burning software produced by ProtectedSoft. Since I don't have other CD burning software on my system, I want to install FinalBurner and try it.

1. Go to http://www.protectedsoft.com/download.php. A list of download item shows up.

2. Click on the "Download now!" icon next to "FinalBurner FREE - 1.22.0.111 - 8 MB". Save the download file to: C:\temp\fb_free.exe.

3. Run C:\temp\fb_free.exe to install FinalBurner with its default settings.

4. Click Start > All Programs > FinalBurner > FinalBurner. The "FinalBurner FREE" window shows up. A list of project types is displayed to let you start a specific task supported by FinalBurner like "Data CD/DVD", "Audio/CD", "Video DVD", "Burn .ISO", or "AudioCD Ripper".
FinalBurner - Project List

If all functions listed here work, it is a good tool to have on your system.

Sections in This Chapter

Archiving Files on CD - Compress with WinRAR

Installing Final Burner

Creating ISO 9660 Image with FinalBurner

Checking ISO 9660 Image with FinalBurner

Burning ISO 9660 Image to CD with FinalBurner

Validating the Finished Data CD

Unused Space on Writable CDs

Dr. Herong Yang, updated in 2007
Installing Final Burner