Whether you want to overburn CD-Rs to squeeze more data on, write to multiple drives simultaneously, create bootable CDs, remove hiss from analogue recordings, utilise Burnproof technology, or you need UDF support for packet writing CD-RWs, Nero can help you do it, plus much more. Even if these terms mean nothing to you, rest assured that Nero Burning ROM performs the basics of CD-Writing with finesse. If you were to level one criticism at this excellent product it would be that the depth of features may seem confusing for the beginner and the manual is not the clearest, but Ahead Software has made improvements over the original interface, so that it isn't too daunting.

One of the biggest reasons behind the huge uptake in CD-RW drives over the past year has been the rise of MP3. Nero doesn't disappoint in this field either, with both MP3 and WMA support. It even comes with a 30-file demo encoder from the Fraunhofer Institute, the inventors of MP3, with the full version being available as a plug-in extra.