Portable ImgBurn

Designed as the no-install counterpart of ImgBurn, Portable ImgBurn keeps the same set of options and configuration settings as the setup version. The key difference is that its files can be extracted to a USB flash disk to be able to launch it on any PC without going through an installation process, ideal for carrying it around on your pen drive.

Although ImgBurn remains stubborn as far as updates are concerned because it hasn't received any since 2013, the disc burning tool manages to stay ahead of the game with little effort. Unlike other similar applications, this one is free for both personal and commercial purposes, and you can rest assured that you won't get bothered by ads, banners or other marketing tricks while using it.

Its feature lineup is impressive, having modules ready for writing image files to discs or common files and folders to discs, creating image files from discs, common files or folders, and for verifying data integrity after the discs are burned.

You can run simulations to check the burning operations for any errors instead of potentially damaging the discs, set a drop zone on the desktop to be able to quickly add files to burning projects by dragging and dropping them, or use "Ez Mode Picker" to follow one wizard step at a time for completing a task if ImgBurn seems overwhelming.

Extra features are available for users interested in more-than-essential disc burning jobs, like generating CUE, MDS or DVD files, resetting the DMA, or changing volume labels to personalize the discs.

Taking into account the abundance of features dedicated to disc burning, along with the intuitive interface and funny messages left behind by the developer, it's no wonder that ImgBurn is on top of the game.