Well, well, well, ....
I never thought I would write something bad about Image Burn since it is a free program, and I have used it without a problem for over 4 years, but there is a serious flaw in it which I have just 'discovered'.
When one writes to RW (rewritable) media, like I have just done with a DVD-RW, one cannot just update/overwrite ONE file. One has to rewrite the WHOLE amount of data. I am experimenting with batch files and I want to update this ONE file, on my custom created 2GB Win XP install + program/driver disc, when I change something in it. Not the WHOLE amount of the 2GB data, which is what I have been doing. Kinda tedious, don't you think?
So I had to download and install CD Burner XP. On the first screen, after choosing what you want to do, it asks 'Do you want to import the previous session ..', which I obviously do.
Now why doesn't Image Burn have that? Why does Image Burn assume that everything needs to erased on the disc? If Image Burn has this capability, why hide it? And where is it?
Also when writing to an RW disc you can't use Windows Explorer to drop files into it, which should be able to happen, even if UDF is used to create the disc.
The other really annoying thing it does is try and correct the file system one is using if burning an installation disc that has been customised (because it detects an I386 folder). I had to keep correcting the file system being used from ISO99xxx Joliet (can't remember the exact name) to keep it at the mode I wanted (UDF), otherwise it would rename a whole bunch of files that were ALREADY in the format required for an installation disc.
IF I am doing an EXACT copy (which does not seem to be an option by the way), WTF (why the ....) would this need to be addressed? Seems like the creator of the program is treating the user as a complete dunce.
Oh yeah, one other thing ....
I am burning from an Output folder where the structure of the finished DVD (which was created in Autoplay Menu Studio 8) is complete. What I am finding is that Image Burn takes these files/folders and recreates the actual structure of the filepath on the hard drive to these files and folders and so I find myself having to MOVE the files/folders from their location to the root of the DVD in layout view. Really stupid and time consuming. One cannot drag and drop into root of DVD layout.