2 Free DVD-CD Burning Progams

While Windows 7 has its own DVD-CD burning program, it can be slow at times. In addition, it offers no capability for creating ISO images. These do.

ImageBurn

ImageBurn enables you to burn most types of DVD/CD images, including .iso, .nrg, .bin, .img and others. The program offers direct support for many of the latest CD/DVD writers. In addition to writing of images, you can also use the software to build your own ISO images from files and folders of your choice. ImgBurn includes a variety of advanced features to deal with dual layer DVDs, create DVD folder structures and more. Very capable, no documentation provided though.



You can get it here:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ImgBurn.html

BurnAware Free

BurnAware is a CD/DVD/BlueRay disc burning software that is designed to cater to your basic disc burning needs. You can create data discs for backup purposes, Audio CDs that can be played on any CD player as well as music discs with MP3 and WMA files to be played on a PC or compatible CD/DVD player. The program also supports burning and creation of standard disc images in .iso format. BurnAware Free does not support bootable discs, disc copying, a commercial version is available that offers those features. This program automatically installs the Ask.com toolbar unless you opt-out.



You can get it here:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/burnawarefree.html

Best Archive Program -7ZIP - Freeware

7Zip is an open-source or free file archiver, that offers a the highest compression ratio, using the new f 7z format, which delivers compression results that are usually 30-50% better than standard ZIP. We tested it with a server log file, which compressed with ZIP had a file size of 18 mb and using 7-Zip was reduced to 8 mb (results may vary, depending on file type). In addition, 7Zip also supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats, so it can be used with all popular archive files as well. The program offers a basic file explorer interface and also integrates into the Windows right-click menu. It can be associated with any of the supported formats and also offers command-line support. Interface and additional features are fairly basic, but the compression ratio is outstanding.