Nero Burning ROM 29.5.10000
Nero Burning ROM is paid CD, DVD and Blu-ray burning software for Windows 11 and 10, installed as a free trial through the Nero Start launcher and worth buying mainly for SecurDisc protection and polished audio CD burning.
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- 153MB
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- 3.8M
Nero Burning ROM is the disc burner most Windows users remember, and it is still sold and updated today.
It is paid software with a free trial, not a free program.
For most people burning a disc in 2026, a free tool does the same job - so the useful question is whether you need the extras Nero charges for.
What Nero Burning ROM Actually Does
It writes data, music and video to CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs, including high-capacity BDXL. It also burns and creates disc images such as ISO, NRG and CUE/BIN, and checks each disc after burning to confirm it can be read back.
Three features are the real reasons to pay for it:
- SecurDisc - adds extra error protection so a scratched disc can still be read, plus optional password protection and a digital signature. Useful for archives and for business data you post to someone.
- Audio CDs done properly - track titles and artist names (CD-TEXT) that show on car and hi-fi players, gaps between tracks you control, and automatic track details for your music.
- Disc spanning - splits a project that is too big for one disc across several discs.
How You Get It
Nero installs through Nero Start, a free launcher that lists the whole Nero range. From there, Burning ROM runs as a trial with every feature unlocked, and you buy a licence to keep it.
A few Nero tools are free for good, such as WaveEditor and SoundTrax. Our guide to the free Nero tools shows which ones cost nothing.
You May Not Need to Install Anything
Windows 11 and 10 can already burn a simple data disc. Put a blank disc in, open File Explorer, drag your files onto the drive and choose Burn.
For an ISO file, right-click it and choose Burn disc image. That covers a Windows or Linux install disc with no extra software at all.
Free Burners That Cover the Basics
If you only burn the occasional disc, start with one of these before paying for Nero:
- BurnAware Free - a clean, simple burner for data, audio and ISO discs, free for personal use.
- AnyBurn - small and quick, burns and edits ISO files and writes bootable USB drives, and its free edition is allowed at work too.
- ImgBurn - no updates since 2013, but still the favourite for burning disc images with fine control.
Our step-by-step guide on how to burn an ISO to DVD with ImgBurn walks through the most common job.
Who Should Pay for Nero
Nero earns its price if you archive important files to disc and want SecurDisc protection, burn a lot of audio CDs for the car or the hi-fi, or regularly split big backups across several discs.
Everyone else - an install disc now and then, a folder of photos for a relative - will be happy with a free burner or with Windows itself.
Related Jobs Nero Does Not Do Best
To copy music off a CD with no errors, Exact Audio Copy is the accurate choice, and CDex is the simpler one.
To make a DVD that plays on a TV player, with menus, use DVDStyler for free or ConvertXtoDVD for a quicker paid route.
Going the other way, MakeMKV copies your DVDs and Blu-rays to video files, and HandBrake shrinks them for phones and tablets.
And for a bootable installer, a USB stick is faster than a disc - Ventoy holds several systems on one drive.
Quick questions
Is Nero Burning ROM free?
No. It is paid software with a free trial that unlocks every feature for a limited time. A few other Nero tools, such as WaveEditor, are free.
Does Nero Burning ROM work on Windows 11?
Yes, it runs on Windows 11 and Windows 10. You also need a CD, DVD or Blu-ray writer, built in or plugged in by USB.
What is SecurDisc?
A Nero feature that adds extra error protection to a disc so it stays readable when scratched, with optional password protection and a digital signature.
Can Windows burn a disc without Nero?
Yes. File Explorer burns data discs, and right-clicking an ISO file gives you Burn disc image. You only need extra software for audio CDs, video DVDs or more control.
What is the best free alternative to Nero?
For most people, BurnAware Free or AnyBurn. Both are still updated and handle data discs, audio CDs and ISO images.
More disc tools, free and paid, are in our Burning Tools section.
Download the Nero Burning ROM trial and see if the extras are worth it to you, or tell us how you got on if you already use it.
Available files
- Nero 2024205.4 MB
- Nero 2024WindowsInstaller151.6 MB
- Nero Burning ROM 23.0.1.20WindowsInstaller205.3 MB
- Nero 9.4.12.3 FreeWindowsInstaller54.5 MB
User reviews (35)
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David rathan
7 Jan 2018
2/5Poor
I bought Nero 2017. It promised 4K. It did not work. O got a refund. I figured they fixed the problem. I bought Nero 2018. Same problem.
I would not burn a regular DVD. I tried in Blu-ray. It worked but the disc would not play in my Blu-rays player. WFT.
I would not burn a regular DVD. I tried in Blu-ray. It worked but the disc would not play in my Blu-rays player. WFT.
Reviewed on Nero 2018
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Stephen
1 May 2012
1/5Poor
200MB download for what??? this crappy software that just stagnates my core i7 laptop to almost a standstill when burning ... and it wont burn a bluray data disc as advertised ... trashed 7 bluray discs ... I have a good mind to demand a new pack of bluray discs be mailed to me from nero just for attempting to use their crappy software ...
Nero used to be such a classy program so easy to use but since nero 7.9 it just sux ... I am going back to burnawarefree which is only 36mb in size and does EVERYTHING
Nero used to be such a classy program so easy to use but since nero 7.9 it just sux ... I am going back to burnawarefree which is only 36mb in size and does EVERYTHING
Reviewed on Nero 11.2.004
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Ruudino
8 Sep 2011
1/5Poor
Sorry, I have Nero MediaHome 4 and Nero Rom 8, than came out the two free versions and I got an invitation of Nero also to try it. So I thought give it a try and tried to install the Nero Kwik Media first (from the invitation). But all knows how Nero works, it first want a clean install without other Nero programs. I had plans to stop with MediaHome 4 so I had onlo un-install Nero 8 (what not well worked with windows7). So all was clean and I installed the Kwik media and all his updates, on the websites were also free tutorials (1 + 2) so I've tried all... but my reaction was not what that.... about a Little (small) 10!!
I don't what the Nero company had espected with this free version, because it's not like that.... only CD is possible and for the rest you must think/dream about it. I tried also the 'Burn Lite' but I could it know, that it was even so bad!.
But most badly about all the Nero programs must come after that and Nero haven't warn me bevor!!!
I deleted the two free programs and tried to install Nero 8, but it wasn't possible yet, because the cleaningtool had found something! I installed the general cleaningtool and the tool found nothing!!
Again I tried to install my regular Nero 8 (on my windows 7/x64 but with 32-bits is going sometimes better). I've search the register, Temp, you it.... all the places but nothing was going. I'v contacted the chat-support and they wrote me some steps in text, but the most steps I did. Because there is NO CLEANINGTOOL for NERO 10.
That's ofcourse a crazy thing, this company is very enthousiastic about their new version 10, but it has forgotten to make a cleaningtool for that version.... It sounds crazy but how many clients/members of Nero made the same as I did??
And how many new (business) clients buy Nero-products with the same problems after trying a freeware-product.
The support of Nero cannot help me and said also that Nero-8 is not made for Windows 7, only a spectal update of Nero-9 or later (on the website) is made for Windows 7.
There is not asking me or said to me how we can make a solution for this problem!!! or how could you work with Nero-8 because we cannot....
I hate the company of Nero now, ofcourse I have written them angry e-mails with warns about their product pfff.
I shall never buy a Nero-product again, for me Nero is over. That I'm disabled and normaly slow can work with Nero, by this reaction not pragmatic.
They have taken my only payed burn-programm because of an invitationto try a free product....
pffff and they haven't give me any solution to install my old Nero-product..... ALL their fault, sorry... than I only can say Nero is AWFUL.
I don't what the Nero company had espected with this free version, because it's not like that.... only CD is possible and for the rest you must think/dream about it. I tried also the 'Burn Lite' but I could it know, that it was even so bad!.
But most badly about all the Nero programs must come after that and Nero haven't warn me bevor!!!
I deleted the two free programs and tried to install Nero 8, but it wasn't possible yet, because the cleaningtool had found something! I installed the general cleaningtool and the tool found nothing!!
Again I tried to install my regular Nero 8 (on my windows 7/x64 but with 32-bits is going sometimes better). I've search the register, Temp, you it.... all the places but nothing was going. I'v contacted the chat-support and they wrote me some steps in text, but the most steps I did. Because there is NO CLEANINGTOOL for NERO 10.
That's ofcourse a crazy thing, this company is very enthousiastic about their new version 10, but it has forgotten to make a cleaningtool for that version.... It sounds crazy but how many clients/members of Nero made the same as I did??
And how many new (business) clients buy Nero-products with the same problems after trying a freeware-product.
The support of Nero cannot help me and said also that Nero-8 is not made for Windows 7, only a spectal update of Nero-9 or later (on the website) is made for Windows 7.
There is not asking me or said to me how we can make a solution for this problem!!! or how could you work with Nero-8 because we cannot....
I hate the company of Nero now, ofcourse I have written them angry e-mails with warns about their product pfff.
I shall never buy a Nero-product again, for me Nero is over. That I'm disabled and normaly slow can work with Nero, by this reaction not pragmatic.
They have taken my only payed burn-programm because of an invitationto try a free product....
pffff and they haven't give me any solution to install my old Nero-product..... ALL their fault, sorry... than I only can say Nero is AWFUL.
Reviewed on Nero 10.6.12300
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