Good, free program to rip a CD to ISO?

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:48 pm

I have a copy of Nero Ultra but it seems to only rip an image to its own proprietary format. Is there a good free program that rips a CD to ISO?

Thanks!

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:04 pm

Someone here recently posted about CDBurnerXP Pro, a freeware burning and ripping program. I've installed it but haven't tried it out yet; from what I've seen, it looks pretty powerful.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:20 pm

Hey, sweet, it looks like that can convert NRG files to ISO, thanks man!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:48 pm

I ran across a 500k file that makes ISO images a while back. Didn't need to be installed or anything, just worked. Don't get some huge tool when you only want to do one thing.

Thenior · Post by **Thenior** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:18 pm

If can go buy Alchohol 120%, it's the best CD copying tool around.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:14 pm

Krom wrote:I ran across a 500k file that makes ISO images a while back. Didn't need to be installed or anything, just worked. Don't get some huge tool when you only want to do one thing.

Link?

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:38 pm

Thenior wrote:If can go buy Alchohol 120%, it's the best CD copying tool around.

Can't anymore, company got shut down for "facilitating copyright evasion."

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:41 pm

JMEaT wrote:
Krom wrote:I ran across a 500k file that makes ISO images a while back. Didn't need to be installed or anything, just worked. Don't get some huge tool when you only want to do one thing.
Link?

found it

http://www.lucersoft.com/freeware.php

"LC ISO Creator"

14 KB... can't beat that.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:09 pm

I hardly call a 20 MB program "huge."

Besides, it has a heckuva lot more functionality than just the creation of ISOs. If that's all that JMEaT needs, though, then go for it.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:21 pm

Actually J, Nero does rip to ISO. Just create a new compulation and drag & drop the contents of the CD over. Make sure "Image Recorder" is selected as the recorder, and burn away.

If you're really concerned about NRG, you can just mount it virtually with Daemon Tools and do whatever you want with it that way.

Gammaray · Post by **Gammaray** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:45 am

DCrazy wrote:
Thenior wrote:If can go buy Alchohol 120%, it's the best CD copying tool around.
Can't anymore, company got shut down for "facilitating copyright evasion."

copyright evasion? I fail to see how the purchase of a backup utility constitutes fraud. then again under the DMCA just about everything you do on your computer can be construed as being illegal, to some extent. Yay for the people and the death of fair use

Thenior · Post by **Thenior** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:08 pm

DCrazy wrote:
Thenior wrote:If can go buy Alchohol 120%, it's the best CD copying tool around.
Can't anymore, company got shut down for "facilitating copyright evasion."

According to http://shop.alcohol-soft.com/en/purchase_120_boxed.php
It sure ain't.

Either way, it's still gotta be floating around somewhere.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:37 pm

Hrmm... I distinctly recall attempting to download the trial but being unable to for the aforementioned reason.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:40 pm

heh, I didn't have any trouble a few months back.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:28 pm

The best program out there is Ultra ISO

not free, but ..yeah ..well

Theftbot · Post by **Theftbot** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:27 pm

Isobuster