Roxio Easy CD Creator Platinum 5 Drive Update

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Geoff

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Does anyone actually use this program and use it to the exclusion
of all others?

This a serious question because I tried it and found it awful so I changed to WinOnCD 5 and compared to 3.8 that was crap as well.

Maybe it's me but NTI seems the best out of the three.
 
ih8rap

ih8rap

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I like the Easy CD Creator DirectCD utility contained within the software, turning the CD into a Floppy was a great idea.. and I think this program is the best around, and I've tried several different ones!

Does anybody think along similiar lines?
 
RASTABT

RASTABT

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@Geoff sorry don't use that but I do use WinonCD 3.8 on 98SE system and Winoncd 6 DVD on a XP with sp1 Never had any problems even when I installed NeroT for 1day on the 98SE system to see what all the fuss was about with Nero. Still if NTI is doing it for you why change?
 
jasmin

jasmin

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Like I said, in one previous thread, I'm using only DirectCD & SoundStream now, on both my OSs (XP SP1 & Me) together with Nero and I have NO PROBLEMS !!!

And, I used full EDCD Platinum 5 together with Nero, NTI, WinOnCD 5 PE, CloneCD & CDMate for a year & half on Me, also without any problem:confused: :confused: :confused:

Why??? Am I just lucky???
 
roadworker

roadworker

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jasmin said:
Why??? Am I just lucky???
Click to expand...

Yep....:D
A few days ago,my neighbour just bought his 1st burner,an 48X LG burner with Nero bundled,all was installed at the store where he bought the computer......
He didn't like Nero's gui,and asked for Easy Cd Creator 4 to a bud of him.........Unfortunally,he didn't uninstall Nero....:D:p.......result:TOTAL mess when he tried to burn a cd:computer locking,everything freezing......he came ringing on my door to fix it,I needed more than an hour b4 everything worked again.........He'll get used to Nero's gui now..:D LMAO
 
Wedge

Wedge

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I think Easy CD Creator's popularity has something to do with it's "pretty" and intuitive interface, which some people would even disagree about that. It's definitely tailored to the newbies at burning, which I'm sure is why it is prevalent.

It ships with a LOT of major computer manufacturer's systems; I have 2 old compaqs and 1 gateway that shipped with it. Although, recently my mom bought a compaq and it shipped with RecordNow Max, so maybe Compaq is seeing things a bit differently now.

The reason I don't like it is mainly because of bloat. It takes up way too much hard drive space for my burning needs. Also, it has a slow initialization, which is annoying to me when I need to do a "quick burn".

In the end, though, if it works for you and you see no drawbacks with it, then by all means use it. I prefer burnatonce because it's small (about 3MB), it initializes in a second, and it can burn at my burner's highest speeds without error; it's quick, easy, versatile, and FREE at www.burnatonce.com
 
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Geoff

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Thanks for that Wedge, I'll give it a go.
Who knows, it might be better than all the BIG players in the CDR software market and I do like the idea of free, that appeals to me.
 
Laz

Laz

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I agree with Geoff about NTI, for data discs via the HD it cannot be beat IMHO. Also great for burn/author of SVCD's, unlike Nero :p. Stomp RNM is also an excellent all rounder.
 
netman

netman

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one reason that ezcd cremator is popular is because it really is 'easy'. most people i know use it with never a problem. i only use it for multisession these days and it is definitely king in that area. i'm waiting till friday and i'm going to give that burnatonce a go round in the multisession department. if it matches all i've been told i'll uninstall ezcd.

nero is grossly overrated in my opinion. i never liked it.
 
antix

antix

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Well I am using Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum and have been for a couple a years I guess now. I love the direct drive utility and have never had any problems as yet. I am also using Nero, and have had no problems with any conflict between the 2 progs. I am using xp pro.

antix
 
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LTR12101B

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Former ECDC 4 Deluxe user (maybe 3.5 standard as well)
How I got V4 Deluxe is a story in itself - I might tell it if anyone's interested.

Then my new drive had Nero, but (sort of) worked with ECDC (which had developed an irritating bug of generating an error AFTER closing)
So I put Nero on, adjusted the pane split to compilation bottom, and quite liked it - seemed to be a more powerful burn program.

Now, I also have a free gift of WinOnCD 5 .. and it would have been better if CeQuadrat had taken over ROXIO, than the other way round, but I digress - WoCD5 is quite nice, lots of features, but somewhat tedious to explore.

I also rustled up a discounted ECDC 5 for a friend - voucher offer at an online store, as they were upgrading to XP with an unsupported version.
 
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