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Rick6
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11. February 2006 @ 21:57 |
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Is Nero free or not?
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11. February 2006 @ 22:17 |
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It's both, meaning it's FREE if you recently purchased a dvd burner, then you're likely to have Nero for free. It's not free and you may have to buy it at retail store or at the official Nero site online.
I got my Nero for free when I purchased my burner.
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12. February 2006 @ 01:21 |
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What some burners' give for free, is an OEM program, a cut-down version of the full program. ..see below..
OEM
Last modified: Monday, August 23, 2004
(pronounced as separate letters) Short for original equipment manufacturer, which is a misleading term for a company that has a special relationship with computer producers. OEMs buy computers in bulk and customize them for a particular application. They then sell the customized computer under their own name. The term is really a misnomer because OEMs are not the original manufacturers -- they are the customizers.
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The OEM version of Nero will run, with DVD Shrink, and the basics, but lacks most of the refinements of the full version.
hope that helps?
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 12. February 2006 @ 01:25
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12. February 2006 @ 05:09 |
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I've got Nero 6.0.0.21b OEM on all 3 of my pcs. It burns cds and dvds very well. I just don't have the use of Nero speed test to scan for errors. I got those oem discs with a couple of my drives. I even gave away a couple of them away.
You can get nero6 version 3 at ebay for around $5
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12. February 2006 @ 05:20 |
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@ saugmon I've got the Nero latest 6.6 version. I got speed test, but neither of my drives (TDK nor LG) support the grading test on the burnt dvd.
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Rick6
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12. February 2006 @ 06:05 |
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I got Nero Express with my LG burner. I have since switched burners and now I have a pioneer. I would like to try burning a double layer disc. I was able to change my settings in the shrink from DVD5 to DVD9 Still it's not working. I suspect my current version of Nero doesn't do what I need it to .Any advice? Thanks
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12. February 2006 @ 06:50 |
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You don't really need Nero to successfully burn to dual layer media, try using a free application called Imgburn.
Have DVDshrink create an ISO image output file when backing up and specify a location, then use Imgburn to burn the file to disk. It's very simple to use and gets the job done.
You can get it here:
http://www.imgburn.com/
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12. February 2006 @ 06:51 |
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Rick6:
Try DVD Decrypter in ISO mode. Mode ISO read to hard drive and Mode ISO write/locate mds files/open/and burn.DVD Decrypter is free!
nero6 does have trouble with the layer break. Dvd decrypter's iso mode is for non compressed backups with a 1:1 copy. I don't even bother with using Nero on dl backups.DVD Decrypter also has a file mode,but that's for compressed backups using DVD Shrink.You won't need that mode for a 1:1 copy.
Another option is to rip with dvd decryper in ISO mode and burn with IMGburn. Very similar to DVD Decrypter in ISO write mode. It is said to be a more effective DL burn engine. It looks the same as DVD Decrypter,even authored by the same lightningUK him/herself?
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12. February 2006 @ 06:55 |
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I don't know about you guys, but for my Nero 6 Ultra that came with the burner with a Nero CD software package, including a key serial number. So when I installed my Nero 6 Ultra on my system, I just went to Nero site and download Nero 6 Ultra's major updates (usually package #1 & #2 only), but NOT INCD & other junks and it automatically detected the key and accepted it. I guess I was lucky because I'm able to get basically everything from Nero Express, Nero Burning Rom, Nero Vision, Nero Recode 2, Nero ShowTime, Nero CD-DVD Speed, etc. for some unknown reason. Well that's how I got Nero 6 Ultra for free.
If I remembered it correctly, my last Nero 6 Ultra is 6.6.0.18 or something. As of mid October 2005, I've switched to Nero 7 and it has been burning flawlessly for me. Nero 6 and Nero 7 has been good, until I recently updated to the latest of Nero 7.0.5.4 (which has tons of bugs for me), so I went back to Nero 7.0.1.4 and everythings is burning as flawless as before.
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12. February 2006 @ 07:01 |
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I did notice that the lates version of Nero (7.0.5.4) was acting a little funny and slower when using some it's apps. Maybe going back to version 7.0.1.4 might not be such a bad idea.
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12. February 2006 @ 07:08 |
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@john123
Yes, the latest Nero 7.0.5.4 has more than just a few bugs. I can confirmed it, I'm usually the one to compliment Nero 7, but NOT this time. Nero 7 has been good with me until their latest version 7.0.5.4, for whatever reason Nero Recode, Nero Digital, Nero Vision and Nero ShowTime doesn't worked for me at all. So I end up going back to 7.0.1.4 and boom... everythings running as smoothly as it has been. I can wait another month or 2 until Ahead or Nero has fixed all of the bugs in 7.0.5.4 before I'm going to update again.
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12. February 2006 @ 07:25 |
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@alkohol
Yea it's too bad, Nero has always been great for me and I always recommend it to friends. I'm going back to the previous version until they get their act together.
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12. February 2006 @ 07:30 |
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I purchased 7 when it came out and it had bugs I went back to 6 and am waiting til it clears up before I go back to 7. That is what is so great about AD, eventually you find out what is working and what is not. At least I know the latest is still not the greatest.
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12. February 2006 @ 09:19 |
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Yeah, I got my Nero with my DVD burner...
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