CDRWIN
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CDRWIN is a CD/DVD burning software for Microsoft Windows
developed by Golden Hawk Technology company.
Once popular, CDRWIN's usage has diminished due to the bundling of limited versions of other software packages, such as Nero Burning ROM
and Roxio Easy CD Creator
, with new computers and optical drives.
CDRWIN is useful for the karaoke
industry, as it fully supports reading/writing karaoke CDs.
era. People could backup PlayStation games quickly and easily, and soon discovered that its unique cuesheet operations allowed them to alter the TOC for any CD being duplicated, provided the CD-Writer supported writing an invalid TOC. Most CD-Writing software could not make copies or images of the CD if the TOC was invalid. This problem was overcome when CloneCD
was released and duplication was made more accessible when Nero Burning ROM
was updated to support this type of copying.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
developed by Golden Hawk Technology company.
Once popular, CDRWIN's usage has diminished due to the bundling of limited versions of other software packages, such as Nero Burning ROM
Nero Burning ROM
Nero Multimedia Suite is a popular software suite for Microsoft Windows by Nero AG . Version 10 of this product was released in April 2010.- Included products :The following applications are included in Nero 11 :Disc authoring...
and Roxio Easy CD Creator
Easy Media Creator
Roxio Creator 2010 is optical disc authoring software, produced by Roxio. It is bundled with some optical disc recorders....
, with new computers and optical drives.
Unique features
CDRWIN is known for its unique features such as analyzing the TOC of a CD. It is also one of the programs which introduced the cue sheet format.CDRWIN is useful for the karaoke
Karaoke
is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...
industry, as it fully supports reading/writing karaoke CDs.
PlayStation TOC Protection
CDRWIN was mostly used during the PlayStationPlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
era. People could backup PlayStation games quickly and easily, and soon discovered that its unique cuesheet operations allowed them to alter the TOC for any CD being duplicated, provided the CD-Writer supported writing an invalid TOC. Most CD-Writing software could not make copies or images of the CD if the TOC was invalid. This problem was overcome when CloneCD
CloneCD
CloneCD is proprietary optical disc authoring software that makes exact, 1:1 copies of music and data CDs and DVDs, regardless of any Digital Rights Management restrictions. It was originally written by Oliver Kastl and offered by Swiss company Elaborate Bytes, but due to changes in European...
was released and duplication was made more accessible when Nero Burning ROM
Nero Burning ROM
Nero Multimedia Suite is a popular software suite for Microsoft Windows by Nero AG . Version 10 of this product was released in April 2010.- Included products :The following applications are included in Nero 11 :Disc authoring...
was updated to support this type of copying.