Nero has been a popular and leading CD and DVD burning application over the years. it has always been a paid software. But now Nero is offering a free version of its popular burning suite which has basic CD/DVD burning features. Since it’s a stripped down version, you will only get the most basic CD and DVD burning features and for anything else you’ll have to upgrade.
This version of Nero 9 contains simply data burning and disc copying features for CDs and DVDs. Additional features and functionality are available with an upgrade to Nero 9 full version.
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Requirements:
Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
· 1 GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent AMD and Intel processor
· 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent AMD and Intel processor for Windows Vista
· 256 MB RAM
· 512 MB RAM for Windows Vista
· 270MB hard drive space for a typical installation of all components.
· 500MB hard drive space temporary for the installation
· CD or DVD recordable or rewritable drive for burning.
· DirectX 9.0c revision 30 (August 2006) or higher.
· Up to 9 GB available hard drive space for DVD images and temporary DVD files.
· Graphics card with at least 32 MB video memory
· minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels
· 16-bit color settings
· 24-bit or 32-bit true color is recommended
The installer of nero 9 is 55mb in size and it works on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
You can download it from here.
Important Note: This freeware version of Nero 9 will try and reset your default browser search page and install the Ask toolbar. Make sure you choose “Install Nero without the Ask Toolbar” option while installing.
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