At first glance you might think AnyBurn is just used for burning CDs. After reading this article you may want to add it to your toolbelt. Why? The short answer is that you can use it to create image files on USB drives, extract files from drive images, rip CD/DVDs and more … but I’m getting ahead of myself.

Downloading AnyBurn

When you download Anyburn, you will need to download either the 32 bit or the 64 bit version. You can also choose to download a portable version that you don’t even need to install first. This can be useful if you want to run it from any pc on a portable flash drive. If you get the regular installer, you can install the software by just hitting the Next buttons and accepting the license terms. You should get an icon placed right on your desktop for easy access.

Features of AnyBurn

First up. The software is completely free for personal and business use! I mention this first because money is often a concern for many. This software is packed with features and one would typically expect to have to pay something for a software solution with a similar amount of features.

Below is a listing of the features in AnyBurn. Each link in the below list will take you to a brief textual tutorial on the AnyBurn.com website.

Burn CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disc

• Burn ISO file
• Burn NRG file
• Burn DMG file
• Burn image file
• Burn files and folders to CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc
• Add files to CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc
• Copy CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc to another disc
• Burn to multiple drives at the same time
• Erase rewritable disc

Copy disc to image file

• Copy disc to ISO file
• Copy disc to BIN / CUE file

Convert Image File

• Convert NRG to ISO file
• Convert DMG to ISO file
• Convert image files to ISO file
• Convert image files to BIN / CUE file

Browse and Extract Image File

• Extract ISO file
• Extract NRG file
• Extract BIN / CUE file
• Extract disc image file

Create and Edit Image File

• Create ISO file from files and folders
• Edit ISO file

Burn Audio CD

• Burn Audio CD from musical files
• Burn Audio CD from mp3 files
• Burn Audio CD from m4a files
• Burn Audio CD from flac files
• Burn Audio CD from ape files
• Burn Audio CD from wma files
• Burn Audio CD from wav files

Rip Audio CD

• Rip Audio CD to musical files
• Rip Audio CD to mp3 files
• Rip Audio CD to flac files
• Rip Audio CD to ape files
• Rip Audio CD to wma files
• Rip Audio CD to wav files

Create bootable USB drive

• Setup Windows 7 from USB drive
• Setup Windows 10 from USB drive
• Setup Windows 8 / 8.1 from USB drive
• Setup Windows XP from USB drive
• Setup Linux from USB drive

AnyBurn command line utility

• Command line utility introduction
• Burn image file from command line
• Copy disc from command line
• Erase disc from command line
• Copy disc to image file from command line
• Rip Audio CD to musical files from command line

Miscellaneous

• View drive or disc information
• Review / Change settings

Accessibility of AnyBurn

It really couldn’t be easier to get things done with AnyBurn. If you’re using a mouse, AnyBurn just uses standard Windows controls, so you can just click on the button with the appropriate label, such as Rip Audio CD to mp3/flac/ape/wav…. If you are a screen reader user, you only need to TAB/SHIFT+TAB your way through the screens. Each button will bring up a standard Windows dialog box that will allow you to carry out the given task. For instance, you could Tab to the Rip Audio CD to mp3/flac/ape/wav… button and hit SPACE or ENTER on it to start that particular task.

Fire Up Your Burner

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I imagine that most will want to probably rip CDs with this software. However, I can say that I have also used this software to edit disk images and create bootable USB drives. As such, this software is quite versatile. I hope you get as much out of it as I have!

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Qapla!